Kitajima World Record

I ran across it in an article a long tome ago. Actually, it was an estimate given by a very irate Aaron Piersol...who was all fired up about seeing the kick, and no one said anything. sports.espn.go.com/.../story Thanks for sharing the article. Hansen's quote sums this whole discussion up: "It would be a big deal for an official to come out and to disqualify somebody," Hansen said. "I can only account for my actions and I know exactly what I did in my race. Everything else, I hope the officials who are sitting right next to me will take care of that. "They are not there to have a front row seat and watch the Olympic Games," he added. "They're there to take care of the rules. I believe that's what they do." All of you can talk of cheating. Like it or not, he got away with it. Kitajima won the gold medal because the officials didn't do their job. Not to mention, Hansen swam SLOWER than he had at trials. He admits his rookie mistake of not swimming his own race. Beijing should be interesting to see if he learned what not to do from Athens. Sam, I definitely agree with you here....just kind of sad that he did get away with it. QS, if you watch the underwater video of Kitajima and Hansen.....they touch and come off the wall almost dead even.....when Kitajima throws in the dolphin kick you can actually see him pull ahead by what ended up being the winning margin.

I ran across it in an article a long tome ago. Actually, it was an estimate given by a very irate Aaron Piersol...who was all fired up about seeing the kick, and no one said anything. sports.espn.go.com/.../story Thanks for sharing the article. Hansen's quote sums this whole discussion up: "It would be a big deal for an official to come out and to disqualify somebody," Hansen said. "I can only account for my actions and I know exactly what I did in my race. Everything else, I hope the officials who are sitting right next to me will take care of that. "They are not there to have a front row seat and watch the Olympic Games," he added. "They're there to take care of the rules. I believe that's what they do." All of you can talk of cheating. Like it or not, he got away with it. Kitajima won the gold medal because the officials didn't do their job. Not to mention, Hansen swam SLOWER than he had at trials. He admits his rookie mistake of not swimming his own race. Beijing should be interesting to see if he learned what not to do from Athens. Sam, I definitely agree with you here....just kind of sad that he did get away with it. QS, if you watch the underwater video of Kitajima and Hansen.....they touch and come off the wall almost dead even.....when Kitajima throws in the dolphin kick you can actually see him pull ahead by what ended up being the winning margin.