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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You deserved it 6 676

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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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You deserved it 17 026

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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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You deserved it 408

Draining

By grlzze444 - 16/11/2010 00:19 - United States

Today, my swim coach had me swim a 400 meter freestyle. Feeling a little sick near the end, I lifted my head to breathe, then burped, and threw up violently all in the pool. All my team mates screamed horrified running out of the pool, and now they have to drain it. I was told not to come back. FML

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You deserved it 4 149

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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You deserved it 6 170

Bellyflop

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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You deserved it 846

By fat teen - 05/06/2016 23:33 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I decided to get back in shape so I went swimming. I only managed 10 lengths and was completely out of breath. I was so embarrassed that when a lifeguard asked me if I was OK, I made up a story about a leg injury as a reason to leave only 15 minutes after I got in. FML

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You deserved it 2 332

Good cause, bad knees

By Anonymous - 15/10/2023 22:00

Today, I took part in a charity run for a good cause. I'd trained for months and showed up, only to trip and fall flat on my face at the starting line. I spent the rest of the race with scraped knees and a bruised ego. FML

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You deserved it 151

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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You deserved it 5 105

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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You deserved it 930

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

Musemusic88 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 4:51

#55 Their is no thinking to it. Pure truth :)

kellster 2

Saturday 18 April 2009 4:52

I'm so sorry! At least you and every single other person there know that you were the real winner. If there was money/prizes, etc., that really blows, but at least you have the quasi-comfort of knowing that you did actually win the race.

thedman696969 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 4:59

thats why im a sprinter who cares if you flinched and swam a WHOLE 50

I_love_edward3 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 5:01

thats bull! you defentally should have won!!!!!

maddiekav 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 5:03

hey i am on margo's team and i know how bad it must suck to have lost this way. but put yourself in margos shoes and have lost the race when you should have won. you did something illegal and thats your fault. and everything in your statement was right except you didnt win. margo did.

samsam23t 8

Saturday 9 April 2016 16:29

flinching shouldn't be illegal . I know its considered a false start and what not but people flinch when they are fatigued if they were standing on that board in the same ready position for more than a minute and she then moved her head because of a muscle spasm that is not in her control. it doesn't start any one nor give them any advantage in any way especially if the flinch was smaller than .5 cm which flinches Usually are. as a team mate you should have tried to yell to her to get her to stop racing so her talents could be potentially used in the next round if she just got dqed for that round. if not at least buy the poor girl an ice cream cone.

Aaron_O 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 5:08

I pray everyday that your house is on Channel 9 news because an boeing 747 crash lands into it.

Leviathan_fml 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 5:21

lol @ regionals. wasn't that a few weeks ago

aznboiswimmer 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 5:29

What was the time anyway? doesn't mater if you win. Only if you improve. :)

HuDanny 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 5:29

Thats bullshit... You dont get "desqualified" just like that, you get a warning first... story is BS I swim competative as well...

Jonny_B 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 5:29

I am a swimmer myself, and I got DQ'ed for my block being wobbly. Luckily, it was only the 100 breast, and not the 500/mile? I had a friend who wanted to do the 500 freestyle, but do it backstroke. So, he jumped in the water and did a back start. He did the entire thing backstorke to find out he was DQ'ed. His mom was the official and DQ'ed him for a false start.