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?
Kitajima won the gold medal because the officials didn't do their job
Just curious. Has ANY acknowledgement that an official CLEARLY saw this infraction and did not call it ever been released? I've never seen it.
As I believe Geek stated, we've had 4 years to tear this apart, an on deck official has less than 1 second. Should it have been called if seen? Heck yes. Does anyone know FOR a FACT that an official CLEARLY saw the downward dolphin kick? No. Should someone have been able to see it from the deck? I find it hard to believe that they didn't but I wasn't the one on deck so I do not know with 100% certainty what was or was not seen. But as someone who has missed calls that were right in front of me in the past, it can happen, even at the Olympics.
Paul
Kitajima won the gold medal because the officials didn't do their job
Just curious. Has ANY acknowledgement that an official CLEARLY saw this infraction and did not call it ever been released? I've never seen it.
As I believe Geek stated, we've had 4 years to tear this apart, an on deck official has less than 1 second. Should it have been called if seen? Heck yes. Does anyone know FOR a FACT that an official CLEARLY saw the downward dolphin kick? No. Should someone have been able to see it from the deck? I find it hard to believe that they didn't but I wasn't the one on deck so I do not know with 100% certainty what was or was not seen. But as someone who has missed calls that were right in front of me in the past, it can happen, even at the Olympics.
Paul
