VIDEO: Men's 100m Butterfly - Heat 9
1 Milorad CAVIC SRB 50.76 OR
2 Michael PHELPS USA 50.87
3 Andrii SERDINOV 7 UKR 51.10
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There's an amazing underwater photo of the finish on the front page of si.com. Go check it out.
When you look at it from this underwater, beneath the swimmers and in-between them, angle, you can see that Michael's right-hand touches the wall before Cavic's extended fingers.
Notice the air bubbles under Michael's armpits and around his feet while Cavic seems to be striving for a 10 in Diving (he's just trailing his legs and feet).
I can see why the Serbs might have doubted even the on-site photos.
All the shots that I have seen (NBC and CBC) where from Milorad's left (pointing from lane 3 or 2). From that angle, Cavic's hands seem to touch before Micahel's left hand, whereas the SI.com photo shows Michael's right-hand touching first.
This, now, raises another interesting question: What's the minimum time difference between the actual touch of both hands for a stroke (such as fly or ***) to be considered as "touching together"? This last question is hypothetical of course; the clock stops at the first "real" touch.
There's an amazing underwater photo of the finish on the front page of si.com. Go check it out.
When you look at it from this underwater, beneath the swimmers and in-between them, angle, you can see that Michael's right-hand touches the wall before Cavic's extended fingers.
Notice the air bubbles under Michael's armpits and around his feet while Cavic seems to be striving for a 10 in Diving (he's just trailing his legs and feet).
I can see why the Serbs might have doubted even the on-site photos.
All the shots that I have seen (NBC and CBC) where from Milorad's left (pointing from lane 3 or 2). From that angle, Cavic's hands seem to touch before Micahel's left hand, whereas the SI.com photo shows Michael's right-hand touching first.
This, now, raises another interesting question: What's the minimum time difference between the actual touch of both hands for a stroke (such as fly or ***) to be considered as "touching together"? This last question is hypothetical of course; the clock stops at the first "real" touch.
