Over the week end, (for the first time in 30 years of competitive swimming) I was disqualified. It bothered me a little bit for about thirty minutes but after a few plates of food at the all-you-can-eat brunch across the street, I was fine. I did have a question though. Do the officials usually tell you that they are disqualifing you? The official came over to my lane and said something to me (about my *** pull-out on the 200 IM) after the heat but never actually said that I was disqualified. I was a little confused so after I got out of the pool I walked over and asked, "Did you disqualify my?" The answer was yes. Never having experienced this before, I was wondering do the officials usually actually say "I am disqualifying you" or "You are disqualified" or is the suggestive comment supposed to serve this purpose.
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Originally posted by Mary
Never having experienced this before, I was wondering do the officials usually actually say "I am disqualifying you" or "You are disqualified" or is the suggestive comment supposed to serve this purpose.
I've only been disqualified once, and the only notification I received of it was seeing a DQ in place of a time when the heat results were posted 15 or 20 minutes later. I then had to find out who had disqualified me and chase him down to get a reason.
It turns out that he had disqualified me for doing a flutter kick after my turn. I was certain that I had not, in the ordinary sense, done a flutter kick at any time during the heat, but I did recall that after I had turned and was rolling onto my ***, my body had momentarily wobbled along the axis of my spine. If you do this and your feet aren't completely together, it can look like a momentary flutter kick.
Originally posted by Mary
Never having experienced this before, I was wondering do the officials usually actually say "I am disqualifying you" or "You are disqualified" or is the suggestive comment supposed to serve this purpose.
I've only been disqualified once, and the only notification I received of it was seeing a DQ in place of a time when the heat results were posted 15 or 20 minutes later. I then had to find out who had disqualified me and chase him down to get a reason.
It turns out that he had disqualified me for doing a flutter kick after my turn. I was certain that I had not, in the ordinary sense, done a flutter kick at any time during the heat, but I did recall that after I had turned and was rolling onto my ***, my body had momentarily wobbled along the axis of my spine. If you do this and your feet aren't completely together, it can look like a momentary flutter kick.
