Interesting article argues Masters records should recognize all sanctioned swims by age-eligible swimmers (e.g., Torres, Lezak, Foster, etc.)
www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../21313.asp
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Forgive me if this has been covered before, but I don't think many recognize the irony with FINA world records. If a masters swimmer swims in a USA-S meet or a FINA sanctioned meet, like the Olympics, and sets a FINA world record - a "true" world record - FINA will not recognize the record as a Masters World Record.
To me, that is just plain silly.
Even having a USMS record recognized from a non USMS meet can be a challenge. My first time under 1:00 in the 100 Meter back, was effectively a Masters World record. I knew it would not be recognized as a Masters WR, but I thought having it recognized by USMS would be easy. I was wrong.
USMS wanted the original tape from the meet. The meet was a USA-S Nationals and the meet officials would not give me the original tape, which I fully understood. The president of Omega timing systems signed a copy of the tape, as a compromise, but this evidence was not accepted.
Perhaps I could have argued this point, but I just laughed it off, realizing that I would have had an easier time getting a "true" World Record recognized from the meet.
I don't know why Dara's times were not recognized from Beijing, but it could be that she had a hard time getting proof of her swim. LOL
Forgive me if this has been covered before, but I don't think many recognize the irony with FINA world records. If a masters swimmer swims in a USA-S meet or a FINA sanctioned meet, like the Olympics, and sets a FINA world record - a "true" world record - FINA will not recognize the record as a Masters World Record.
To me, that is just plain silly.
Even having a USMS record recognized from a non USMS meet can be a challenge. My first time under 1:00 in the 100 Meter back, was effectively a Masters World record. I knew it would not be recognized as a Masters WR, but I thought having it recognized by USMS would be easy. I was wrong.
USMS wanted the original tape from the meet. The meet was a USA-S Nationals and the meet officials would not give me the original tape, which I fully understood. The president of Omega timing systems signed a copy of the tape, as a compromise, but this evidence was not accepted.
Perhaps I could have argued this point, but I just laughed it off, realizing that I would have had an easier time getting a "true" World Record recognized from the meet.
I don't know why Dara's times were not recognized from Beijing, but it could be that she had a hard time getting proof of her swim. LOL
