Chinese Cheating vs Americans cheating

[Triple J]

An Omega conspiracy if ridiculous.

There is absolutely no benefit to Omega to engage in a conspiracy to help Phelps, or any other athlete, win. Even if someone attempted to pay them off, it wouldn't be enough money compared to what they earn doing legitimate timing for events.

Conversely, the consequence of getting caught would likely ruin the entire company, as they'd never be hired again.

[il d00d]

Here is the photo that removes all doubt about who touched first. (because no one touched yet  )

This is the exact picture as above, just blown up.

There's clearly some daylight between his right hand and the wall.  Assuming both arms are the same length, and he's pretty much perpendicular to the the wall, he left hand wasn't touching either.  But isn't the touch pad authoritative anyways?
I don't know what to tell anyone who claims cheating, except sorry the race didn't have the desired outcome for them.  This is manufactured controversy. 

[LMT]

From the AP:
TORRES TAKES SILVER BEHIND STEFFEN IN 50 FREE

Beijing, China (Sports Network) - Dara Torres, swimming in her fifth Olympics, this time as a 41-year-old mother, won a silver medal in the women's 50-meter freestyle on Sunday morning, finishing just .01 seconds behind Britta Steffen of Germany.

Steffen closed on Torres at the last moment, touching the wall first at 24.06 for a new Olympic record. It lowered Inge de Bruijn's mark from the 2000 Sydney Games by .07 seconds.

Torres, already a silver medal winner in Beijing as part of the United States' 400-meter freestyle relay, finished at 24.07 -- losing by one-hundredths of a second, the same margin of victory in Michael Phelps' win in the 100-meter butterfly on Saturday.

"It was tough to lose the 50m freestyle by one-hundredth of a second," said Torres. "I realized I shouldn't have filed my nails last night."

Torres also swam in the women's 400-meter medley relay Sunday morning, getting a silver medal there too.

"I did this in Sydney (2000), but I was 33 then," said Torres. "When I was in the warm-up area and saw Phelps, he said to me 'you've got it easy, you only have to swim two races'."

[Drunken Monkey]

The Olympics: Bringing people from different countries together since, well, never.

[FatguyRacer]

The Olympics are on?

[He Man]

Omega finnaly  released the images.

Phelps won.



wut wut. +1 for me -1 for dad.