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.
Rob:
Would the record not count because in Masters we do not have drug testing after a World Record has been set an FINA does have testing done in FINA Swimming? Of course in this case that might be an exception the way all of the testing has been done on Dara.
I know FINA World and USMS Record times have counted in the past for FINA World Rankings for FINA Swimming. Kevin DeForest back in 1983 at the Long Course Nationals swam a :22.59 for the 50 Free and missed Robin Leamy World Record by .05 and was ranked 3rd in the World that year from the results of the Masters meet. Kevin still has the record and its one of the oldest USMS Records if not the oldest.
Rob:
Would the record not count because in Masters we do not have drug testing after a World Record has been set an FINA does have testing done in FINA Swimming? Of course in this case that might be an exception the way all of the testing has been done on Dara.
I know FINA World and USMS Record times have counted in the past for FINA World Rankings for FINA Swimming. Kevin DeForest back in 1983 at the Long Course Nationals swam a :22.59 for the 50 Free and missed Robin Leamy World Record by .05 and was ranked 3rd in the World that year from the results of the Masters meet. Kevin still has the record and its one of the oldest USMS Records if not the oldest.
