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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Lets start with all that is good Kaitlin Sandeno easy on the eyes between her, Natalie and Amanda there is a lot of USA eye candy. But I am with Gareth, Kaitlin is a doll.
Compare her to the "spitting lady" of past olympics:D
At the last SPMA Long course meters championships, one of my competitors (at least he thinks he can compete) spit in my lane. I nearly cracked up! I then proceeded to beat him by 3-4 seconds in the 50 meters ***!
Actually I posted the comments about drug testing to stir the waters and was surprised that it did not get much flack immediately.I know a lot about the lack of effort by the USA drug people over the last 20 years. The people on top of the USA and the Olympic movements really do not want scandels, hence a Michelle Smith. You literally have to be foaming at the mouth like Ben Johnson to be caught.
Many of us "in the know" are really MAD AS HELL about the drug cheats, hence the Masters have been in thre front of the campaign to get stricter testing. Phill Whitten is a hero, standing up for dozens of years while the US Swimming heads said nothing.
About 10 years ago when the drugged up chinese women were destroying records, the US Masters swimmers performed on stage at the USAS convention. This includes US swimming, US Diving, US Synchronized swimming, US Water Polo, Masters Diving, Masters Water Polo.
The skit involved bearded masters coming out in full body suits, as the Chinese womens swim team. These guys all had full beards and were as we say "large". Every one thought it very funny, except that it had international implications. As we would say, not very politically correct. But Masters has always been in the fore front against cheating. We are also leading the way on trying to remove the Gold medals and kicking the PROVEN East German drug cheats out of the Swimming Hall of Fame.
Lets start with all that is good Kaitlin Sandeno easy on the eyes between her, Natalie and Amanda there is a lot of USA eye candy. But I am with Gareth, Kaitlin is a doll.
Compare her to the "spitting lady" of past olympics:D
At the last SPMA Long course meters championships, one of my competitors (at least he thinks he can compete) spit in my lane. I nearly cracked up! I then proceeded to beat him by 3-4 seconds in the 50 meters ***!
Actually I posted the comments about drug testing to stir the waters and was surprised that it did not get much flack immediately.I know a lot about the lack of effort by the USA drug people over the last 20 years. The people on top of the USA and the Olympic movements really do not want scandels, hence a Michelle Smith. You literally have to be foaming at the mouth like Ben Johnson to be caught.
Many of us "in the know" are really MAD AS HELL about the drug cheats, hence the Masters have been in thre front of the campaign to get stricter testing. Phill Whitten is a hero, standing up for dozens of years while the US Swimming heads said nothing.
About 10 years ago when the drugged up chinese women were destroying records, the US Masters swimmers performed on stage at the USAS convention. This includes US swimming, US Diving, US Synchronized swimming, US Water Polo, Masters Diving, Masters Water Polo.
The skit involved bearded masters coming out in full body suits, as the Chinese womens swim team. These guys all had full beards and were as we say "large". Every one thought it very funny, except that it had international implications. As we would say, not very politically correct. But Masters has always been in the fore front against cheating. We are also leading the way on trying to remove the Gold medals and kicking the PROVEN East German drug cheats out of the Swimming Hall of Fame.
