Sunday, August 28, 2016

JJ Jankovsky Current Event

Many people are thinking that the swimming competition at the Olypmics was rigged by a current in the water while some contestants were swimming. In results from the men’s and women’s 5om swim in Rio, the researchers found that almost all those who qualified for the final swam in lanes four to eight. Which made people suspicious about those 4 lanes. Only one other swimmer qualified for the final, US-swimmer Anthony Erwin. Stager said the results were disappointing, but not surprising.

Stager said the only possible cause that he could think of would be a current caused by the pool’s design.  Fina, swimming’s governing body, said  of the swimming organization and the company which built the temporary pools in Rio and Barcelona. Fina said there was no current detected in the Olympic Aquatics Stadium pool. What do you think? Just a coincidence? Or were some people given a pass in this competition? 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/18/olympic-pool-current-swimming-results-rio-2016
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5 comments:

  1. Lauren RothertAugust 28, 2016 at 2:45 PM

    Sounds like more of a coincidence. Typically, the fastest swimmers are in the middle lanes.

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    1. Grayson MicaelaAugust 28, 2016 at 4:33 PM

      I agree about it being a coincidence. Swimmers have good and bad days. Some are faster than others, some freak themselves out. But, in this day and age, you never know. I think the Olympics would be fair, but... who knows. Anything could happen.

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  2. UnknownAugust 28, 2016 at 10:20 PM

    I think it is a coincidence. There was no current detected and it would make sense that the middle lanes would be the easiest and fastest lanes based on the layout of the pool.

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  3. UnknownAugust 29, 2016 at 5:01 PM

    I think it is a coincidence. They usually put the fastest swimmers in the middle lanes probably for camera purposes and because they are easier to see for the people there watching.

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  4. UnknownAugust 31, 2016 at 6:08 PM

    i want to believe it was a coincicdence because them cheating is not right and never will be right. people should win from hard work.- Valerie Garcia

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