Is anyone else disappointed at the new FINA decision to allow dolphin kick on breaststroke starts and turns? It may be that the "short-axis"strokes now become indistinguishable from one another! With this new FINA ruling and the currently-allowable armstroke breaking the plane of the water on recovery, why not go all the way back to the 1950's designation of "butterfly-breaststroke"? Kitajima's 2004 "victory" certainly prompted this ruling, but that doesn't make the decison a proper one.
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Originally posted by Phil Arcuni
You are right, PeirsoFan. either I am outdated or I have entered an alternate universe from the one I was in. So what was the finish rule change about?
(shrug) I couldn't figure it out. Perhaps the media confused it with the breastroke changes. FINA's rule SW 6.3 "It shall be permissible for the swimmer to be completely submerged during the turn, at the finish, and for a distance of not more than 15 meters after the start and each turn." That's been around for awhile.
In other news, I heard FINA is supposedly now pushing for indoor venues in future events because of the weather trouble in Montreal. That would be a nice change.
Originally posted by Phil Arcuni
You are right, PeirsoFan. either I am outdated or I have entered an alternate universe from the one I was in. So what was the finish rule change about?
(shrug) I couldn't figure it out. Perhaps the media confused it with the breastroke changes. FINA's rule SW 6.3 "It shall be permissible for the swimmer to be completely submerged during the turn, at the finish, and for a distance of not more than 15 meters after the start and each turn." That's been around for awhile.
In other news, I heard FINA is supposedly now pushing for indoor venues in future events because of the weather trouble in Montreal. That would be a nice change.
