Ricky Berens is famous

I'm pretty sure the Italian girl didn't even attempt to swim. If she was DQed it was probably a "declared false start."

Is a rebate in the offing?

Maybe I was wrong. At the time I thought she just didn't swim after what happened to her suit. The story isn't really clear whether she was DQed because of the suit or because of her failure to swim.

I love the quote under the last picture of Ricky (Ricky's face): "Ricky in Beijing (neither AP nor Getty took a photo of his face in Rome on Sunday)"

He made it to Perezhilton as well. Now, he just needs to swim on an individual event at the World level to be known for his swimming than his crack shot. Wasn't he allowed to wear a brief over that? Put a brief in your warmup gear for future cracks.

LOL! Obviously he missed a spot shaving! Seriously though, I thought if your suit splits like that its a DQ? A girl at the Italian Nationals split hers before her race and was DQ'd.

So much for his suit trapping air.

A girl at the Italian Nationals split hers before her race and was DQ'd. She must not be enjoying the double standard.

She must not be enjoying the double standard. Here it is: www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Top-Italian-swimmers-horror-bathing-costume-bursts-open-unfortunate-place-championship-meet.html

one step closer to clothing optional.....