Kitajima World Record

Again, calling someone a cheat is moral judgement. False starting is NOT cheating, underwater recovery is not cheating. They simply get your DQ'd. There has to be intent to deceive - which is impossible to know with any certainty - and thus it is presumptive for anyone to call him a cheater. Lefty, I don't know how old you are.....but when I swam AAU in California, High School and a year of college.....you used to be allowed 2 false starts. So, if the guy in the lane next to you had one false start and you didn't, we used to try and pull them off causing their second but only my first. Thus eliminating one more competitor. If the official thought you were doing it intentionally (cheating) you could be DQ'd. That is one of the reasons for the change to a single false start in swimming....of course the amount of time that could add to the meet was another reason for sure....Used to have a lot more false starts in meets then you see now.

Again, calling someone a cheat is moral judgement. False starting is NOT cheating, underwater recovery is not cheating. They simply get your DQ'd. There has to be intent to deceive - which is impossible to know with any certainty - and thus it is presumptive for anyone to call him a cheater. Lefty, I don't know how old you are.....but when I swam AAU in California, High School and a year of college.....you used to be allowed 2 false starts. So, if the guy in the lane next to you had one false start and you didn't, we used to try and pull them off causing their second but only my first. Thus eliminating one more competitor. If the official thought you were doing it intentionally (cheating) you could be DQ'd. That is one of the reasons for the change to a single false start in swimming....of course the amount of time that could add to the meet was another reason for sure....Used to have a lot more false starts in meets then you see now.