How Cheaters Cheat in practice and meets might stir up a lively discussion.
Here's the RULES
Swimming Rules
How do cheaters cheat?
Got any stories?
Did they get caught or get away with it?
If you see someone cheating or know they are
do you point it out to the ref or keep quiet?
I was dq'ed in a 200 backstroke once. The official told me after the race. When the results were posted, I wasn't listed as being dq'ed. I immediately found the official to ask him. He said that he had submitted the paperwork for the infraction.
I informed him that the results showed someone else was dq'ed. He immediately when to the officials table to check. Sure enough, he had wrote down the wrong lane. He thanked me for the honesty.
An official writes down the wrong lane? How can he be sure that he DQ'd the right person? Seems to me that there is sufficient doubt that neither you nor the other guy should have been DQ'd.
I was dq'ed in a 200 backstroke once. The official told me after the race. When the results were posted, I wasn't listed as being dq'ed. I immediately found the official to ask him. He said that he had submitted the paperwork for the infraction.
I informed him that the results showed someone else was dq'ed. He immediately when to the officials table to check. Sure enough, he had wrote down the wrong lane. He thanked me for the honesty.
An official writes down the wrong lane? How can he be sure that he DQ'd the right person? Seems to me that there is sufficient doubt that neither you nor the other guy should have been DQ'd.
