Kitajima went 2:07.51 to break Hansen's WR by .99 sec.He was wearing a LZR in defiance of Japanese swimming authorities.I can't find video of the swim yet,can anyone else?
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No, I say I am comfortable calling him a cheat for the same reason Jim is....as a lifelong breaststroker, I know where I can throw in a dolphin kick and hope to get away with it......if you do the old 2 footed start and a keyhole dive, you throw in a dolphin kick right as you enter the water and propel yourself a lot further than the person next to you. It is illegal and is cheating. Always has been. They changed the rule mainly because of the uproar over Kitajima at the Olympics....that rule had been dabated for quite a while before that. It is actually easier on the official to allow it, because like I said earlier......trying to see this kick from above and behind the swimmer is not so easy.....if I am off to the side, or using underwater cameras I can see it real easy. But the dolphin kick on the start is still illegal...it has to be done during the down stroke of the arms....not before.....if you watch the video he actually does two on the start and one on the turn. Clearly cheating in my opinion.
No, I say I am comfortable calling him a cheat for the same reason Jim is....as a lifelong breaststroker, I know where I can throw in a dolphin kick and hope to get away with it......if you do the old 2 footed start and a keyhole dive, you throw in a dolphin kick right as you enter the water and propel yourself a lot further than the person next to you. It is illegal and is cheating. Always has been. They changed the rule mainly because of the uproar over Kitajima at the Olympics....that rule had been dabated for quite a while before that. It is actually easier on the official to allow it, because like I said earlier......trying to see this kick from above and behind the swimmer is not so easy.....if I am off to the side, or using underwater cameras I can see it real easy. But the dolphin kick on the start is still illegal...it has to be done during the down stroke of the arms....not before.....if you watch the video he actually does two on the start and one on the turn. Clearly cheating in my opinion.
