Beard DQ at WC

I was wondering the same thing. She did not go past 15 meters on any of the strokes. I would suspect it was the dreaded not "past the vertical towards the ***" on back to breaststroke. The officials have been getting the men for 15 meter violations, you can really see where great underwater dolphin kicks are huge for some swimmers. In the mens 100 and 200 IM it seems the better you can dolphin on fly and back the bigger lead you have. One guy even dolphined about 10-12 meters on the free leg! I wish the underwater photos were better, they seem cloudy.

I was wondering the same thing. She did not go past 15 meters on any of the strokes. I would suspect it was the dreaded not "past the vertical towards the ***" on back to breaststroke. The officials have been getting the men for 15 meter violations, you can really see where great underwater dolphin kicks are huge for some swimmers. In the mens 100 and 200 IM it seems the better you can dolphin on fly and back the bigger lead you have. One guy even dolphined about 10-12 meters on the free leg! I wish the underwater photos were better, they seem cloudy.