Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch
ROGALAND – Controversy reigned on the final day of swimming at the North Sea Swim Meet as Jeanette Ottesen lost a world-class time due to a disqualification, and immediately made her complaints public.
Ottesen initially looked to have moved to fourth in the world in the 100-meter fly with a 56.32, but drew a disqualification making Emilie Beckmann the winner with a 59.61. Svenja Stoffel (59.74) and Monica Johannessen (59.97) closed out the top three.
Ottesen didn’t seem to happy with her disqualification as she took to Twitter to voice her frustration.
“Thank you North Sea Swim Meet for giving amateur officials a chance to wrongly disqualify me.I WAS so pleased with 56.32 still counts to me,” Ottesen tweeted.
Ottesen told Swimming World that “Going into the 75m turn I glided a little. They claimed I did an ‘extra stroke’ underwater going into the turn.”
Rikke Moeller Pedersen earned the women’s 50-meter breast crown in 30.84, while Veera Kivirinta took second in 31.14. Ariel Braathen placed third in 31.83.
Ari-Pekka Liukkonen gave the Finnish record a ride in the men’s 50-meter breast with a 26.89, but came up a bit short of Andrei Tuomola’s 26.64 from the 2009 European Championships. Sami Aaltomaa (27.15) and Chris Christensen (28.30) finished second and thrid.
Alexandre Haldemann clinched the men’s 100-meter fly title in 53.29, while Sindri Jakobsson took second in 53.78. Daniel Skaaning placed third in 54.05. Haldemann doubled up with a 1:46.80 in the men’s 200-meter free. Sebastian Ovesen (1:47.53) and Frans Johannesen (1:47.77) placed second and third.
Ida Lindborg won the women’s 200-meter back in 2:09.59, while Veronica Orheim Bjorlykke took second in 2:12.44. Julie Kepp Jensen touched third in 2:16.15.
Lukas Rauftlin dominated the men’s 200-meter back in 1:55.84 with Thomas Liess (2:00.94) and Sander Rodje (2:01.87) taking second and third.
Sofie Reisaenen won the women’s 100-meter IM in 1:02.84 with Danielle Villars placing second in 1:03.47. Lisa Mamie earned third in 1:04.04. Daniel Skaaning touched in 54.69 to win the men’s 100-meter IM. Chris Christensen (55.04) and Sverre Naess (55.60) closed out the top three.
Cecilie Johannessen claimed the women’s 200-meter free title in 1:57.93 with Susann Bjornsen taking second in 1:58.98. Julia Hassler snared third in 2:01.43.
What was she disqualified for?
I was disqualified at a major meet for “taking one flutter kick” in the 100 fly. I was never dq’ed in the fly before or since and I was unhappy, but I’m not blaming the official.
We have a request for clarification in, but nothing yet.
A flutter kick is a dq. Its not part of the stroke
I know that. It’s just that in 40 years of swimming fly no coach or judge ever said I did a flutter kick. But if the official who was walking right next to me (I was in the end lane) says I did one, than I must of done it. I was upset at the dq and obviously Ms. Ottesen was upset at her dq, but my point is that a public criticism of the official was uncalled for.
The dq was right. She was sculling in the glide phase of the stroke.
For Jeanette it is usually going past the 15m mark under Water after the start.
Have a look at http://new.livestream.com/livetiming-tv/ns2014 and check the 50 m turn. She did it there as well. 3 officials independently, so that she sculled her hands. Even the Danish coaches confirmed that now through the organizing committee comments on her own Facebook.
thanks for the video link. (the race is about 10 minutes into the first video on the link).
I could see that….she was a bit short of the wall on her last stroke into the second turn and did a little scull to get to the wall. Meanwhile, the third turn did not look too good: on that one it looked like she got too close to the wall and got stuck a bit. Too bad about all that stuff because it was an outstanding swim otherwise.