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"The DSQ (disqualification) of the swimmer in lane 4, Peirsol Aaron (USA) was not accepted due to the detail of the reason being inadequate," said a curt FINA statement, adding the report was not couched in the language of swimming's ruling body.

And it seems the grammatically below-par officials will have plenty of time to work on their relative clauses as FINA - taking a leaf out of the French revolutionaries' book - promised heads would roll.

"You will not see them again," said FINA's chief executioner Cornel Marculescu, calmly sharpening his guillotine. "They were immensely experienced judges, but this is the Olympic Games."

French judge Denis Cadon - with 25 years of competition judging behind him - is one of the men about to get it in the neck, despite protesting: "There was a problem, there was a fault. I did my job, I'm here for that."

Rumours Monsieur Cadon has family links to Marie Antoinette are unikely to be confirmed.

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FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS

If the Peirsol 'did-he didn't-he' saga did not blot the officials' copybooks enough, then an over-zealous female judge - who will remain anonymous - almost added to the debacle.

Charged with ringing the bell to mark the final 100m of a women's 800m freestyle heat on Thursday, the strong-armed official rang with such force that the clanger shot off and almost hit the swimmer in Lane 6.



*coughs*
I actually love Eurosport for this one. Made me smile despite everything

it's getting better every minute now...

Initially, no one could explain why Peirsol's victory Thursday was taken away and then given back 30 minutes later. Officials said only that a lane judge's report of an illegal move on Peirsol's final turn was "not in the working language of FINA," the sport's world governing body.

It turns out there was no language at all — the judge's card was blank, FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu said.

Marculescu confirmed that lane judge Denis Cadon of France signaled a violation and that chief officer Felix Mikhailov of Russia and referee Woon Sui Kut of Singapore signed off on the blank report.

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Nobody knows something.
Blank report card or not. CAS has not yet received a protest from the British. But yeah Aaron still could lose his medal in the next days.
I hate that. I hate not to know what's going on and which news are correct now.

Oh and Timesonline.uk wrote that Aaron's mother stormed into the judges room after Aaron's DQ and that's why the judges lost their minds, paniced and reinstated Aaron. Paranoid much?

I have no idea what I should think of the whole thing.

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Aaron video about the 200m back mess

He is taking it okay right now. And hopes.

It's all over now.. Or?

At least this one is safe!

Yay baby.
Aaron, Bren, Ian and Jason. Barca again.. :)

YAY Larsen as well!