I found this article (see link), that thrashes American's attitude in regards to the our performace in Athans, espically in swimming and Basketball. Any truth to what was said?
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../
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Originally posted by Sam Perry
As far as "cheating" goes. I don't think you can call it that. The judges are there to judge these races and they obviously didn't do their job last night. If Kitajima paid off a judge, then I would agree with the "cheating" discussion. I just can't understrand why they were not watching for it again this year after his obvious dolphin kick at World's last year. A shame for Brendan but don't blame Kitajima, blame the useless lane judge!
I get the impression the reporter doesn't realize that a dolphin kick in breaststroke is the equivalent of a basketball player momentarily going out of bounds as he dribbles the ball down the court.
But Peirsol's characterization of it as "cheating" was certainly controversial. He seems to believe that Kitajima did the dolphin kick deliberately, knowing that it was unlikely the judges would be able to spot it and call it.
An interesting question would be: In an event as major as the Olympics, in which the competition is usually held at a pool that was specially constructed just for that event, would it be unreasonable to have a separate underwater camera for each lane, so that each swimmer could be continuously taped during each heat, and then to review each tape looking for violations before deciding whether to DQ a swimmer?
Originally posted by Sam Perry
As far as "cheating" goes. I don't think you can call it that. The judges are there to judge these races and they obviously didn't do their job last night. If Kitajima paid off a judge, then I would agree with the "cheating" discussion. I just can't understrand why they were not watching for it again this year after his obvious dolphin kick at World's last year. A shame for Brendan but don't blame Kitajima, blame the useless lane judge!
I get the impression the reporter doesn't realize that a dolphin kick in breaststroke is the equivalent of a basketball player momentarily going out of bounds as he dribbles the ball down the court.
But Peirsol's characterization of it as "cheating" was certainly controversial. He seems to believe that Kitajima did the dolphin kick deliberately, knowing that it was unlikely the judges would be able to spot it and call it.
An interesting question would be: In an event as major as the Olympics, in which the competition is usually held at a pool that was specially constructed just for that event, would it be unreasonable to have a separate underwater camera for each lane, so that each swimmer could be continuously taped during each heat, and then to review each tape looking for violations before deciding whether to DQ a swimmer?
