Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2019

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

by the way, I just discovered that Italy have 50m Free specialist Vergani on their roster (he's currently banned for cannabis until July 20th)...

 

what a shame! he should have never been selected after he got caught for that...

What's so bad about cannabis? It's not like it's EPO or steroids or something.

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

It's weird how they're only 2 swimmers per country. Is that a new rule change? Awful deal for the USA, Australia...

[Dunadan 1,103]

4 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

It's weird how they're only 2 swimmers per country. Is that a new rule change?

 

No.

[phelps 7,670]

1 hour ago, OlympicsFan said:

Same is true for the polish guy in the 50 free. Two known dopers allowed to compete in that event. I think swimming is the sport where it is the easiest to get away with doping (maybe except for weightlifting).

 

wait...

cannabis (and especially for sprinters, who need a flashy start) to me is not doping...and I wouldn't call "cheaters" those who get caught for that...

actually, taking cannabis befopre a sprint event makes you more damage than benefit...

 

the problem to me is that they are just drug addicted...and I hate drug dealers and drug addicted people...to me, they should all be sentenced to death, as they are a disaster for the entire society, even more than themselves and their family...

 

to me, it's a really different question, that goes well beyond sport and PEDs, it's a real cancer of modern society...

[phelps 7,670]

19 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

It's weird how they're only 2 swimmers per country. Is that a new rule change? Awful deal for the USA, Australia...

 

as far as I know, it's always been that way...

[dcro 10,210]

16 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

as far as I know, it's always been that way...

 

If I am not mistaken, max 2 per nation rule was introduced after the Japanese clean sweep at the 1932 Olympics.

[ahjfcshfghb 287]

24 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

as far as I know, it's always been that way...

 

6 minutes ago, dcro said:

  

 If I am not mistaken, max 2 per nation rule was introduced after the Japanese clean sweep at the 1932 Olympics.

Oh wow. I guess I assumed it would be the same as athletics. Thanks!

[heywoodu 15,135]

31 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

 

Oh wow. I guess I assumed it would be the same as athletics. Thanks!

I must say I am very much on your page, I was convinced we've always had that incredibly annoying thing where 3 swimmers from nation X 'qualified' for semis but only 2 actually qualified because that was the maximum..

 

I guess that's only in European championships then?

Edited July 13, 2019 by heywoodu

[phelps 7,670]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I must say I am very much on your page, I was convinced we've always had that incredibly annoying thing where 3 swimmers from nation X 'qualified' for semis but only 2 actually qualified because that was the maximum..

 

I guess that's only in European championships then?

 

yes, it's only a LEN thing...

and it only started quite recently, after some lobbying from the bigger Teams...

Edited July 13, 2019 by phelps

[Olympian1010 7,971]

3 hours ago, phelps said:

by the way, I just discovered that Italy have 50m Free specialist Vergani on their roster (he's currently banned for cannabis until July 20th)...

 

what a shame! he should have never been selected after he got caught for that...

Ehh, Cannabis is like alcohol use. I’m not that offended by it.