At the U.S. Trials there was one official in every lane looking at the turns, so now that we're in Athens, how does Kitajima get away with that dolphin kick on his turn? It seemed clear to me from the above water shot, then was confirmed with the underwater. Other breaststrokers care to weigh in?
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In all fairness to Wayne, I think he would want to go back and change his " only US, Canada and Australia" are against drug cheats if he could. Britain has a pretty good record, and the US track & field fiasco is a black mark, there.
I feel that US and Australian swimming is "clean". Reasons are performances have steadily improved, swimmers have taken years to reduce their times.
A big red flag is when a swimmer comes from nowhere, say 64th in the world to winning a medal in less than a year. Another clue to drug use is a swimmer showing no signs of tiring at the end of a race, especially if they aare unknown or performing above expectations.
There are a couple of suspicious swims this year. A chinese swimmer who won yesterdays Breaststroke, the french female swimmer who won the free 400 ? a few days ago are two that i noticed. Why is Claudia Poll allowed to swim ??
It is enraging to see your countries swimmer beaten by a drug cheat or by a clear stroke violation. Canada's Morgan Knabe was beaten at the worlds a few years ago by another who did the dolphin kick on the breakout. Katijama dolphin kicked at last years worlds and got away with it.
4 years ago, It was hard to see Jenny Thompson lose the freestyle Gold medal to Michelle Smith, remember her ? Smith, only months, later was suspended for spiking a drug test with alchohol, but they did not cancel her olympic results.
Katijama is a beautiful breaststroker to watch, he could win without the dolphin kick. However if he can get away with it then why should not every swimmer use the dolphin kick whenever they swim breaststroke. I think Fina should clarify the rules and state excactly what can or cannot be done, or allow everyone to dolphin kick.
I am enjoying the coverage and boy is Kaitlin Sandeno easy on the eyes. She wins my vote for hottest female swimmer.:D
In all fairness to Wayne, I think he would want to go back and change his " only US, Canada and Australia" are against drug cheats if he could. Britain has a pretty good record, and the US track & field fiasco is a black mark, there.
I feel that US and Australian swimming is "clean". Reasons are performances have steadily improved, swimmers have taken years to reduce their times.
A big red flag is when a swimmer comes from nowhere, say 64th in the world to winning a medal in less than a year. Another clue to drug use is a swimmer showing no signs of tiring at the end of a race, especially if they aare unknown or performing above expectations.
There are a couple of suspicious swims this year. A chinese swimmer who won yesterdays Breaststroke, the french female swimmer who won the free 400 ? a few days ago are two that i noticed. Why is Claudia Poll allowed to swim ??
It is enraging to see your countries swimmer beaten by a drug cheat or by a clear stroke violation. Canada's Morgan Knabe was beaten at the worlds a few years ago by another who did the dolphin kick on the breakout. Katijama dolphin kicked at last years worlds and got away with it.
4 years ago, It was hard to see Jenny Thompson lose the freestyle Gold medal to Michelle Smith, remember her ? Smith, only months, later was suspended for spiking a drug test with alchohol, but they did not cancel her olympic results.
Katijama is a beautiful breaststroker to watch, he could win without the dolphin kick. However if he can get away with it then why should not every swimmer use the dolphin kick whenever they swim breaststroke. I think Fina should clarify the rules and state excactly what can or cannot be done, or allow everyone to dolphin kick.
I am enjoying the coverage and boy is Kaitlin Sandeno easy on the eyes. She wins my vote for hottest female swimmer.:D
