Quote:
Originally Posted by perow1
100% timing and no misstakes is what defines a world class performance to me, ...
|
That may be true and it is not the point of the discussion or reason for being against the rule. The main problem is that the rule creates more injustice and more space for result manipulation and speculations than we had without it. So instead of the intended compensation for unequal conditions, it adds more inequality.
Some judges are apparently less strict or less vigilant than others. Some judges may accidentally oversee the early grab, or a touch of the wall or of the bottom. And some judges may even intentionally "help" a countryman or a friend by closing one eye (not that I claim that it actually happened, but it is certainly possible).
I viewed hundreds of videos from dynamic competitions and can tell you that I wonder why many of the performances were not penalized. Of course, the video may be misleading, the judge may often see it better, but I doubt very strongly that the rule is always applied correctly.
I really think that competitions would be much fairer if there were no such rule. Excluding side lanes, or delimiting them with additional lines in a safe distance from the edge would do all what is necessary for equal conditions, would eliminate the need for the rule, would make competitions fairer, would avoid for result manipulation, and would make the rules simpler.
