Fina Rules

Originally posted by SwiminONandON I thought I remembered Kitajima dolphin kicking on both the 100 and 200 and only cleaning that up for the relay. if i'm remembering correctly, he cleaned up his act for the 200, because the commentators commented on how each of his turns on the 200 was textbook and legal... at least in the finals. Originally posted by SwiminONandON As for the gliding thing for Peirsol ... I don't understand the rule because it seems to me that turning onto your stomach and gliding would slow you down. I would think it would be better to take an extra stroke before turning than it would be to flip over as long as you aren't kicking or pulling anymore. Peirsol's turn I will defend until my dying day. i've got your back on this one! if you're going to DQ Piersol for gliding to wall on his last turn (and i'm pretty darn sure it was the final turn- not his first- that DQ'd him) you'd needed to have DQ'd the entire field. that last turn on a 200 back can be a killer (and this is coming from a 200 backstroker!!!) and yeah, we can't change what happened- we can only hope next time Hansen and Kitajima swim head-to-head, Kitajima swims a clean race...

Originally posted by SwiminONandON I thought I remembered Kitajima dolphin kicking on both the 100 and 200 and only cleaning that up for the relay. if i'm remembering correctly, he cleaned up his act for the 200, because the commentators commented on how each of his turns on the 200 was textbook and legal... at least in the finals. Originally posted by SwiminONandON As for the gliding thing for Peirsol ... I don't understand the rule because it seems to me that turning onto your stomach and gliding would slow you down. I would think it would be better to take an extra stroke before turning than it would be to flip over as long as you aren't kicking or pulling anymore. Peirsol's turn I will defend until my dying day. i've got your back on this one! if you're going to DQ Piersol for gliding to wall on his last turn (and i'm pretty darn sure it was the final turn- not his first- that DQ'd him) you'd needed to have DQ'd the entire field. that last turn on a 200 back can be a killer (and this is coming from a 200 backstroker!!!) and yeah, we can't change what happened- we can only hope next time Hansen and Kitajima swim head-to-head, Kitajima swims a clean race...