As noted in "Swim Rant" I was DQ'd in the 100 M BR yesterday,after swimming a really great race for me(unfairly I believe.)I was talking to Laura Val who was DQ'd in the 200 BK after a WR time(unfairly she thought).She thought we should have a thread to ventilate,commiserate,etc.Has it happened to you?How did you cope?
I felt like leaving the pool and not competing any more,for about 5 minutes,then I felt really sad for about an hour. Then I woke up at 2:30 in the morning and had a terrible time going back to sleep.Finally I decided to focus my emotions on my next swim.Fortunately for me that worked and I swam a 50 M BR that I was really happy with.If I had swum a lousy 50 I suspect I'd still be in a funk.
So what about you?
By the way,we don't need to limit this to DQs,any meet disappointments that you want to vent about are fair game as far as I'm concerned.
The theory behind officiating is a level playing field.... any video technology that you get to lean on must be available for all swimmers in the field, and all races in the meet.
True. Also, in many cases it might be hard to verify that the video was of the specific event/turn/dive or other instance in question.
The theory behind officiating is a level playing field.... any video technology that you get to lean on must be available for all swimmers in the field, and all races in the meet.
True. Also, in many cases it might be hard to verify that the video was of the specific event/turn/dive or other instance in question.
