Omega says Cavic touched first

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I searched and couldn't find this posted, but I could have missed it. Anyways, its pretty interesting because the official basically says Cavic touched first, but didn't "push" and slid, while Phelps pushed with force, etc etc. (He talks about this right at halfway through the video) www.swimchampions.com/.../ Personally I think you have to live with however the time system works as long as it is functional. If it was functional and Cavic didn't press hard enough, its tough luck. The only alternative is to just present a "tie" when you are within the margin of error of the equipment.
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  • So you guys are basically saying: - The Omega representative is making the whole thing up to make Omega look bad ???? - Even if he touched the wall first, he did not deserve to win because he was gliding into the wall and had a poor finish and he is not American and his name is not Phelps The reason for the timing system requiring 3 pounds is so that water splash will not cause the timing system to go off. Obviously he lost the race -- but I think his fingertips were at the wall first -- In the SI picture where they claim he did not touch wall - it seems that his right hand fingertips are actually at the wall. They lost the protest, because the rules are clear - the timing system determines the winner - but if they were using track rules of a photo finish, we may have a different answer Are you going to argue that every other swimmer in the world who has lost a (touchpad-timed) race by hundredths of a second might have actually "touched first" and, therefore, might have won? What is the point of this argument???
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  • So you guys are basically saying: - The Omega representative is making the whole thing up to make Omega look bad ???? - Even if he touched the wall first, he did not deserve to win because he was gliding into the wall and had a poor finish and he is not American and his name is not Phelps The reason for the timing system requiring 3 pounds is so that water splash will not cause the timing system to go off. Obviously he lost the race -- but I think his fingertips were at the wall first -- In the SI picture where they claim he did not touch wall - it seems that his right hand fingertips are actually at the wall. They lost the protest, because the rules are clear - the timing system determines the winner - but if they were using track rules of a photo finish, we may have a different answer Are you going to argue that every other swimmer in the world who has lost a (touchpad-timed) race by hundredths of a second might have actually "touched first" and, therefore, might have won? What is the point of this argument???
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