Kitajima World Record

This is a weak comparison. If the judges had seen steroid tests positive and not said anything then it would be the same. This is what they did with Kitajima, so they are the ones at fault. He won (maybe not fair and square) but he won, the judges allowed it. The only way my opinion would change that he "cheated" is if he paid them off not to disqualify him. Then he and the judges are guilty. I don't care if he did it of one wall or 50 walls, the judges were the ones who let him get away with it, therefore he won. Sam, from the perspective of a sometimes official I would disagree with you here too.....In breaststroke it is actually easier to see a dolphin kick from a little off to the side....looking straight down at the legs it is harder to see since the body naturally undulates during the pull. And as an official, if I "think" I see something I should not call it.....I should only call what I "know" I have seen. Just my perspective again. But watching the video....I think that official should have been taken out to the wood shed for missing that one!

This is a weak comparison. If the judges had seen steroid tests positive and not said anything then it would be the same. This is what they did with Kitajima, so they are the ones at fault. He won (maybe not fair and square) but he won, the judges allowed it. The only way my opinion would change that he "cheated" is if he paid them off not to disqualify him. Then he and the judges are guilty. I don't care if he did it of one wall or 50 walls, the judges were the ones who let him get away with it, therefore he won. Sam, from the perspective of a sometimes official I would disagree with you here too.....In breaststroke it is actually easier to see a dolphin kick from a little off to the side....looking straight down at the legs it is harder to see since the body naturally undulates during the pull. And as an official, if I "think" I see something I should not call it.....I should only call what I "know" I have seen. Just my perspective again. But watching the video....I think that official should have been taken out to the wood shed for missing that one!