So, I watched some of the Australia meet events tonight and I have a question concerning breastroke.
I watched in slow-mo about 10 times and I swear the breastrokers are taking two dolphin kicks on the dive entry before the now-legal one big dolphin kick. Is this now legal also, the two small little dolphin kicks?
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While technology is a good answer, it presents problems. Do you not accept a record if the camera shorted out just before the last turn? How about someone coming out of nowhere to break the record and you didn't think to have them there. What about qualifying meets? Do the cameras have to be there in order for the times to count? How about a qualifying meet for a qualifying meet? While it may seem like a simple solution, it is not simply implemented. (I am not even considering masters here BTW.)
Leo
Maybe you only do it at the finals. If you cheated your way to the finals but still out swim the others on final day while on camera...you still won.
However, qualiyfing meets could be held and the participants not know if there are cameras or not...so it would be like random drug testing.
In any case if there is indisputably clear evidence of cheating on film...it's never too late to overturn. Especially in something like swimming where there is no "time remaining" to overcome a bad or missed call.
That's my thinking on it.
While technology is a good answer, it presents problems. Do you not accept a record if the camera shorted out just before the last turn? How about someone coming out of nowhere to break the record and you didn't think to have them there. What about qualifying meets? Do the cameras have to be there in order for the times to count? How about a qualifying meet for a qualifying meet? While it may seem like a simple solution, it is not simply implemented. (I am not even considering masters here BTW.)
Leo
Maybe you only do it at the finals. If you cheated your way to the finals but still out swim the others on final day while on camera...you still won.
However, qualiyfing meets could be held and the participants not know if there are cameras or not...so it would be like random drug testing.
In any case if there is indisputably clear evidence of cheating on film...it's never too late to overturn. Especially in something like swimming where there is no "time remaining" to overcome a bad or missed call.
That's my thinking on it.
