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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His illegal kick is another matter.I think it had to be deliberate.I think after Hansen's WR he was afraid he couldn't win fair.QUOTE]
I am not a Kitajima sympathizer, so with that being said...
I get really tired of people saying he cheated. There is no question he took a dolphin kick off the wall. It was not illegal beacuse of the gutless judges that didn't disqualify him for it. In fact they changed the rules to allow for it going forward. The fact that so many people call him a cheater is just not right. You are not cheating unless a judge says you are. The judges are the ones to blame for that.
His illegal kick is another matter.I think it had to be deliberate.I think after Hansen's WR he was afraid he couldn't win fair.QUOTE]
I am not a Kitajima sympathizer, so with that being said...
I get really tired of people saying he cheated. There is no question he took a dolphin kick off the wall. It was not illegal beacuse of the gutless judges that didn't disqualify him for it. In fact they changed the rules to allow for it going forward. The fact that so many people call him a cheater is just not right. You are not cheating unless a judge says you are. The judges are the ones to blame for that.
