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In what was one of the more highly anticipated races of the 5th day of action at the French Elite Championships, the men’s 100 back will be raced tomorrow after an incident at the beginning of the race occurred, causing some swimmers to swim the full race while others did not.
In a short report from FFN, the incident was not specified, but it is mentioned that the issue, whatever it may be, occurred at the beginning of the race and made it so the race could not be “held under optimal conditions.”
A very rare incident occurred at the start of the 100m backstroke, which could not be held under optimal conditions. Given that some swimmers completed the entire distance while others did not, the competition organizers decided to reschedule this final for the very beginning of the last meet, tomorrow at 6:00 PM.
A video was posted on Instagram here, as there was an issue with the starter in the race, and the swimmers were held longer than normal. Some swimmers finished the race, but others did not:
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The championship final will now be raced at the beginning of the finals session, which is also set to include the finals of the men’s 400 free, women’s 50 breast, men’s 50 free, women’s 400 free, and men’s 200 IM.
After the prelims, Jules Andre sits atop the championship final with a narrow lead over French backstroke ace Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (54.13) in 54.11. Seven of the eight finalists managed to swim under 55 seconds, making this sure to be an enticing final for tomorrow evening.
So they just were held for a little too long? Or did some other mysterious ‘incident’ occur?
back flops hurt
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaQfYz5o_dw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Here’s what happened
Oh. I mean they held them pretty long, but I feel like that wasn’t long enough for that person to not go?
For those of us without IG (I know, right?) what is this?
The video shows a backstroke start where the swimmers are held a little longer than usual (but imho not so crazy long) and then when the start finally happens one swimmer doesn’t react at first and ends up way behind the rest of the group.
This was posted in the Day 5 recap.
“The 100 back A-Final will be reswum tomorrow, the starting signal had a malfunction and they made the swimmers wait way too long before it functioned (3s). Some swimmers still swam the whole 100m, but in the end it did not count’
Ah! Thanks.
But…why not just say this?
They ran out of caps for the starter gun?
UAP
Someone pooped in the pool!!
FFN are taking a shit all over the place. These french swimmers are being given a horrible competition environment.
Well, what happened?
Second, at least they get a good break, not like the 2022 WSC Champs. The men’s 50 back had half an hour or so to swim it again. Very poorly done.
Agree. Cooper was robbed.