Sports and Miscellaneous: Denied!

Denied!

By Anonymous - 17/04/2009 17:07 - United States

Today, I swam in a race against all of the girls in the midwest in the hardest, longest, most grueling race you can swim. I won. Happy but so tired I could barely move, I looked up to see my time. I had been disqualified. For flinching. Before the race started. FML

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By :( - 14/06/2013 04:06 - United States - Parker

Today, I was at a swim meet, swimming as hard as I'd ever swum before. During the last lap I saw no one in the lanes next to me. Thinking I was first, I became extremely excited. When I came to the wall, I realized the reason no one else was around: They already finished the race. I was last. FML

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By suckatlifeeexo - 25/04/2009 05:44 - United States

Today, I was at a swim meet. I was on a relay team and I was the anchor. My team was in 1st. I was ready to dive in when I saw my tampon string was hanging out of my suit. I freaked, slid off the block, and fell on top of the guy before me and gave him a concussion. We got DQed for a false start FML

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By ThatGuyWhoRolled - 05/01/2023 14:00 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, I was up against two others in a 120m race on my school's sports day. Unexpectedly, I heard my name being chanted from most of the classes watching and well, this made me want to win so much that I leaned forward too much whilst running and ended up tripping and rolling on the track. I heard loud sighs after. FML

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By mathii - 23/07/2011 23:52 - France

Today, I was in swimming practice at the pool. I suddenly got breathless, dizzy, and felt like I was drowning. I cried out to the instructor, telling him I had a weak heart. He shouted back, "I don't care about your love life! Swim, bitch!" FML

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By Anonymous - 12/03/2023 20:00 - United States

Today, I tried to impress our swim team coach by doing a complicated backflip from the diving board. I landed face-first in the pool and had to be rescued by the lifeguard, so I guess I won't be going to the Olympics any time soon. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/10/2023 22:00

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By Anonymous - 31/07/2014 05:00 - Australia - Darlinghurst

Today, a new session started for my swimming squad. I walked down to the pool, tripped over a stray equipment bag, and belly-flopped into the pool in front of everyone, fully clothed. I'm the coach. FML

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By Username - 05/06/2019 20:00

Today, at the beach, I swam pretty far out into the ocean. I ended up getting pummelled by the waves and got a painful cramp in my leg. The whole beach watched me flail and scream, while my friends rolled their eyes as they dragged me out of the water. FML

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MiseryLotus 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 1:59

How is that grounds for disqualification? And shouldn't they have told you before the race started that you were disqualified?

SilentGround 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:02

this actually is an fml. i'm sorry, that really sucks. don't let it weigh you down though, it'll only make you feel bad in the long run. :/

Comments

rwarlol 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:20

you can't flinch b/c they don't want you to "trick" other swimmers into false start. like american football.

Seegtease 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:21

I don't get it. Is there a rule against flinching, and why? False start? How do you suddenly flinch anyway? Was something flying at your face?

pkmlove 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:25

# 20 So your saying if you don't like the rules of something, you shouldn't do it? That's stupid. I don't like school rules, so I'm not going to go. I don't like the rules my parents tell me, so I'm going to run away. You get my point. @ OP, I'm so sorry. That sucks. They should realize you were just nervous or tense or whatever.

twister19 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:26

Oh man, I'm so sorry! I swam too and the same thing happened to me. I got out of the pool and cried. The only time I cried in ten years of swimming! Don't beat youself up about it, as long as you finished that's what really matters. Plus the officials can shove it up where the sun don't shine

ohhhhshizzz 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:26

#1: You are a moron. Woahhh, that is smessed up. I would be pissed off to the max. I feel sorry for you. But at least everyone knows that you won. =]

TheZephyrSon 3

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:27

#1, you're a moron. #2 and #22, once you are told to take your mark you can't move. At all. And #22, I wouldn't be surprised if the OP just flinched cause they were waiting and tense. OP, that sucks so much. I feel sorry for you.

yes_yes_yes 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:28

Yes a rule against flinching! Jeeeze did no one watch uh... that guy Phelps win his 8 medals last summer (that they want to take away now because of a picture with him and a bong...).... Swimming rules, these races are decided by split seconds.... sucks you flinched! total suck!

sarcasticsally 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:29

Um, so I doubt you're actually a swimmer, because you would have mentioned what race you're doing (such as the 200m butterfly) and if the race itself really was as big as you're saying, you would have known you were disqualified before finishing because there would have been a DQ light. So shut up.

jvfish 0

Sunday 25 April 2010 13:58

not all pools have a DQ light and half the time they dont erase the time until after the race has ended. I agree that some of the rules of swimming are incredibly stupid, like now during summer swiming you cant wear certain technical suits cuz they are too old to be on a list of the ones you can wear. I think that the fliching rule is ridiculous and very annoying. @ all the people who dont understand swimming you cant move at all right before the race starts. as soon as the starter says take your marks, you have to hold your self and im pretty sure that this rule is a rather new one or one that has just now being taken very seriously. ive been swimming for 8 yrs and it was just last year that i have ever heard of something like this.

BlindedxxFalcon 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:29

18- Thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering why, too. And that really really sucks. :( BUT YOU WON! You know you did. You beat everyone else! Congrats!