FINA...in their grand wisdom, has decided NOT to make Libby Lenton's 52.99 as a world record. This has been reported the the Herald Sun out of Australia.
Once again, FINA shows that it is run by politicans, not swimmers or swimming fans.
So, Thank You FINA for once again screwing things up.
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I have watched the video several times- I don't think she got a meaningful draft anyway; which by the way, is not a cause for disqualification, so I don't think it should be considered. Much as I have disagreed with FINA over the years, they have stated the ruling by which the swim was disallowed and as they are the arbitrating body, if they say 'cause the event was not one of the 'official' ones, then that's it. It would be interesting if they adopted our enlightened events of mixed relays (I bet it would be a hit on TV) whether they would adopt such a swim as a world record or find some other reason to disallow it.
I have watched the video several times- I don't think she got a meaningful draft anyway; which by the way, is not a cause for disqualification, so I don't think it should be considered. Much as I have disagreed with FINA over the years, they have stated the ruling by which the swim was disallowed and as they are the arbitrating body, if they say 'cause the event was not one of the 'official' ones, then that's it. It would be interesting if they adopted our enlightened events of mixed relays (I bet it would be a hit on TV) whether they would adopt such a swim as a world record or find some other reason to disallow it.
