Aaron Piersol disqualified - pending appeal
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Deserves to be DQed for being such an idiot. Every swimmer knows that rule. Just like that Aussie relay team that jumped into the pool at the Commonwealth Games or Worlds, whatever it was.
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He has been reinstated
on a ********ing technicality, worse than the AFL tribunal
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The latest news is that Peirsol (I got the spelling right this time) will be reinstated with his gold medal.
A win for common sense.
I guess the Americans were more persuasive than the Australians at the world championships.
acg - I don't think idiocy should be a gold medal stripping offence.
A win for common sense.
I guess the Americans were more persuasive than the Australians at the world championships.
acg - I don't think idiocy should be a gold medal stripping offence.
He got reinstated because the official didnt give enough details on why he DQ'ed him
DaveW said:acg - I don't think idiocy should be a gold medal stripping offence.
Should be
Didn't see the event and since he was reinstated, obviously didn't commit the crime. I apologise Aaron.
When you see it you'll understand why everyone is screaming "bull********!" at the lane rope thing. He didn't jump over it into the next lane or anything like that, was just hanging on to it but the guy way over in lane 1 hadn't finished yet.acg_204* said:Should be
Didn't see the event and since he was reinstated, obviously didn't commit the crime. I apologise Aaron.
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the official reason for reinstatement is that the official that reported it did not use the official language of FINA. Not that he got the call wrong, just that he didn't explain it in english! Now why have a judge who can't speak english?
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Has nothing to do with a fu(k!ing lane rope....that was Peirsols explanation to Perkins...Bruce took the ball and ran with it, moron that he is, while he was dribbling on you could here the arena annoucer say he was DQ'd for an illegal turn at the 150m mark...freestyle kick apparently!
And whoever said that he was reinstated to avoid the backlash is right on the money IMO.
And whoever said that he was reinstated to avoid the backlash is right on the money IMO.
