Kitajima World Record

quicksilver, thanks for your explanations. My point was to only to clarify Kitajima's intention when he had that t-shirt on which I was afraid got lost in translation. In no way am I trying to justify everything he has done, and with the past history of bad attitude or etiquette that you described you are probably right about his poor sportsmanship. I'm Japanese but not a nationalistic a%$ who tries to justify everything my country's athletes do when it's actually not respectable. After all, the reason I registered and posted on this thread is because I saw the first poster of this thread who's interested in a video of the race and I thought I might be of help; I'm not like Kitajima's PR staff :) Anyway, with LZR on Hansen may also easily set a new WR before the Olympics. I hope all the competitive swimmers around the world are allowed to wear what they want to wear in the Olympics and I am looking forward to great competitions. Cheers!

quicksilver, thanks for your explanations. My point was to only to clarify Kitajima's intention when he had that t-shirt on which I was afraid got lost in translation. In no way am I trying to justify everything he has done, and with the past history of bad attitude or etiquette that you described you are probably right about his poor sportsmanship. I'm Japanese but not a nationalistic a%$ who tries to justify everything my country's athletes do when it's actually not respectable. After all, the reason I registered and posted on this thread is because I saw the first poster of this thread who's interested in a video of the race and I thought I might be of help; I'm not like Kitajima's PR staff :) Anyway, with LZR on Hansen may also easily set a new WR before the Olympics. I hope all the competitive swimmers around the world are allowed to wear what they want to wear in the Olympics and I am looking forward to great competitions. Cheers!