2012 Olympics: Swimming

Should Sun Yang have gotten DQed for a false start? What's different from what he did in the first start attempt compared to what these 2 swimmers did in the 2000 games? The Dream: Roy and HG on Eric 'The Eel' Moussambani - YouTube Sun Yang didn't false start. In the video you posted, did the starter ask the swimmers to stand up and step back after issuing the "take your marks" command? Here's a report that describes what happened to Sun Yang's slip: www.stltoday.com/.../article_7ca824c0-9c50-571b-aa8c-8279e625b036.html Cochrane would not lose this opportunity. He would not be distracted by another near false start. Sun leapt into the pool early and alone Saturday night, surfacing with a confused look on his face. "At that moment, I was so scared," Sun said through a translator. "And it was all black before my eyes." But Sun was not disqualified because he did not actually false start. The swimmers were told to take their marks and then to step down, because the crowd was too loud. Sun heard the second command and took off. He didn't leave before the start signal because there was no start signal yet. Sun was upset when the officials pushed the swimmers back on the blocks quickly, making a couple of timeout signals with his hands. The other swimmers felt rushed, too.

Should Sun Yang have gotten DQed for a false start? What's different from what he did in the first start attempt compared to what these 2 swimmers did in the 2000 games? The Dream: Roy and HG on Eric 'The Eel' Moussambani - YouTube Sun Yang didn't false start. In the video you posted, did the starter ask the swimmers to stand up and step back after issuing the "take your marks" command? Here's a report that describes what happened to Sun Yang's slip: www.stltoday.com/.../article_7ca824c0-9c50-571b-aa8c-8279e625b036.html Cochrane would not lose this opportunity. He would not be distracted by another near false start. Sun leapt into the pool early and alone Saturday night, surfacing with a confused look on his face. "At that moment, I was so scared," Sun said through a translator. "And it was all black before my eyes." But Sun was not disqualified because he did not actually false start. The swimmers were told to take their marks and then to step down, because the crowd was too loud. Sun heard the second command and took off. He didn't leave before the start signal because there was no start signal yet. Sun was upset when the officials pushed the swimmers back on the blocks quickly, making a couple of timeout signals with his hands. The other swimmers felt rushed, too.