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.
It's always a good idea to get full clarification from the official on what the infraction was. Mostly so that you can learn from the mistakes.
Regarding a false start... most rule books that I'm aware of require a dual-confirmation for a false start call. So in most cases, you'd need both the starter and the referee (at least the deck referee on duty) dual confirm that you jumped.
The no-recall false start rules are interesting. I believe Eric Vendt was called on a false start at the beginning of an 800 or 1500 meter freestyle event a few years back. He went the whole race, finished, and then people saw the DQ.
-Rick
It's always a good idea to get full clarification from the official on what the infraction was. Mostly so that you can learn from the mistakes.
Regarding a false start... most rule books that I'm aware of require a dual-confirmation for a false start call. So in most cases, you'd need both the starter and the referee (at least the deck referee on duty) dual confirm that you jumped.
The no-recall false start rules are interesting. I believe Eric Vendt was called on a false start at the beginning of an 800 or 1500 meter freestyle event a few years back. He went the whole race, finished, and then people saw the DQ.
-Rick
