2012 Olympics: Swimming

I don't know what should be done about the cheating after the fact.If he hadn't admitted he cheated I think everyone would agree there is nothing that could be done retrospectively.He did admit it.Is the admission more heinous than the deed,or did he help by making the problem public. I'd say I hope FINA does something,but given their history I hope they surprise me by doing something logical that helps the sport. First there was the problem that doing a dolphin kick during the pulldown looked like "natural undulation." so they made a dolphin kick there legal.I didn't like it,but it had some logic.No sooner had the ink dried on the rules before people were pushing the envelope by taking the kick before the pulldown.FINA could have ended much of this non-sense by defining the pulldown in a logical way and letting it be known that violations would be called.Instead they came up with a definition of a pull that defied logic(move your hands apart,pause,now pull-come on.)By taking a wishy-washy stand they are saying"keep pushing and we'll keep making allowances." They need to rewrite the pullout rules so they make sense and then show some courage and DQ some stars when they "push the envelope."

I don't know what should be done about the cheating after the fact.If he hadn't admitted he cheated I think everyone would agree there is nothing that could be done retrospectively.He did admit it.Is the admission more heinous than the deed,or did he help by making the problem public. I'd say I hope FINA does something,but given their history I hope they surprise me by doing something logical that helps the sport. First there was the problem that doing a dolphin kick during the pulldown looked like "natural undulation." so they made a dolphin kick there legal.I didn't like it,but it had some logic.No sooner had the ink dried on the rules before people were pushing the envelope by taking the kick before the pulldown.FINA could have ended much of this non-sense by defining the pulldown in a logical way and letting it be known that violations would be called.Instead they came up with a definition of a pull that defied logic(move your hands apart,pause,now pull-come on.)By taking a wishy-washy stand they are saying"keep pushing and we'll keep making allowances." They need to rewrite the pullout rules so they make sense and then show some courage and DQ some stars when they "push the envelope."