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Luke Greenbank won bronze in the men’s 200 backstroke in Tokyo three years ago but will not have a chance to be back on the podium after being disqualified in prelims of the event. Greenbank went past the 15 meter mark off of the start.
The 26 year old entered the event as the #19 seed with a 1:56.39 which he swam at the British Championships this April. His best time stands at a 1:54.43 that he swam in 2021, a time that would have made him the #3 seed if it were within the qualifying period.
He touched first out of heat four this morning, swimming what would have been an outside smoke out of lane 1 but was ultimately disqualified. His time of a 1:56.08 was the fastest of the morning by a solid margin as Roman Mityukov instead is the top seed heading into tonight’s semifinals after swimming a 1:56.62 this morning.
Greenbank seemed pleased with his time after the race this morning but moments later, the time was changed to a DSQ on the board. Greenbank saw this after getting out of the pool and fell to his knees in shock.
The 200 backstroke was Greenbank’s only individual race of the meet.
This comment segment is hilarious for slamming the rules and all sort of crazy excuses. He swam this event for god knows how many times and won a bronze medal at Tokyo for this. He knows this rule like it is his baby. So he made a bad mistake that he needs to own up to it.End of the story.
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I’m prehistoric enough to remember when swimmers did 30m
This sucks for him especially because he didn’t need to go anywhere near as hard to qualify, but the DQ is very obvious so really no arguing against
We’re not gonna talk about how GWalsh went past it at least twice including off the relay start in the 4×100 huh
I agree that was close but it does appear as if her head is breaking the surface right at the 15m mark. Also keep in mind the camera angle on GW’s race will affect how that looks
It’s close and it seems you have an axe to grind here, but hers and Luke’s aren’t in the same realm. Luke’s is very clearly past the mark by a significant margin
I think they have 2 cameras set up for each 15m marker (one on each side of the pool).
USA cap: if you look this way… that camera angle… in a closer view… I’d need to see that again…
Non USA cap but english speaker: I feel for him/her
Non USA cap, nor english speaker: cheater!
You’ll also notice that in the top lanes of the pool swimmers will often look like they’re leading the race when they’re actually half a meter or more behind, the broadcast angle is decieving and the judges have a better view than you do.
This shouldn’t happen to such an experienced swimmer. He was a full meter over the 15 meter mark.
Every backstroker takes a chance when they try to pop up to the surface after 14.95 meters underwater. Some judge better than others.
Was this the first non-false start DQ of the whole meet?
Nope. The Mexican breaststroker who did a fly kick to finish
Also the italian Scotto Di Carlo in the 100fly heats, dqued due to a wrong fly turn
Think a DQ for a fly kick at the finish for a men’s breaststroke race as well.