[Billextreme]

The rules are the same for everyone.

This rule is there because not everyone is competing on a lane close to the wall, or on a lane with good lines that will support in the right way when you grab one. We need to have rules that will be as close as possible to be the same for every athlete in what ever pool they compete in.

And with this rule we also have the same difficulties for the persons ending in the middle of a lap – surface first and then support yourself on the line, a floating board or the wall (if there is one)

For me this is a basic rule and should still be in the set of our AIDA Rules.
I could maybe agree that we maybe could adjust the penalty level, but normally an athlete only do this mistake once.

There is no DQ for grabbing(or pulling you up to early) only penalty.

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