Kitajima

Did or did not his dolphin kicks happen BEFORE he started his arm pull on both the start and the turn? Because I sure saw that it happened before his hands started to move. Is this legal under FINA rules? Because it sure as heck isn't under USA swimming rules.
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  • I've read some time ago that FINA was set to use at Beijing underwater cameras to support the call of officials, after the katajima/Hansen affair in Athens. Someone have any info about this one ? It's time to make the underwater camera all under the pools a requisite at every Olympics and WC pool, with officials watching all the time every swimmers to uncover the cheaters. I want never to see again another cheater win a gold. That is an interesting idea but is logistically unsupportable. That would require 16 cameras, one for each end for each lane. Quality underwater cameras are still expensive.
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  • I've read some time ago that FINA was set to use at Beijing underwater cameras to support the call of officials, after the katajima/Hansen affair in Athens. Someone have any info about this one ? It's time to make the underwater camera all under the pools a requisite at every Olympics and WC pool, with officials watching all the time every swimmers to uncover the cheaters. I want never to see again another cheater win a gold. That is an interesting idea but is logistically unsupportable. That would require 16 cameras, one for each end for each lane. Quality underwater cameras are still expensive.
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