World champion and hot favourite Matt Welsh has been sensationally disqualified from the heats of the 200m backstroke. He won his heat with ease but was taken out for moving at the start. Pullbuoy's source on poolside felt that Welsh had been harshly done by: "At take your marks, he came up a … Continue Reading→
Pullbuoy has learnt unofficially that the 4x200 relay team line ups for tonights finals will probably be:
women:
Pickering, Legg, Lee, Fargus
men:
Parry, Faulkner, Salter, Burnett
So, no place for world champion team member Janine Belton, who was also in the squad which set a world short course record in Norwich … Continue Reading→
Rumours are circulating in Manchester that Janine Belton's place in the England Women's 4x200m relay team is in jeopardy following her below par performance in the individual event earlier this week. Belton, who was a member of the world championship winning team in Fukuoka, recorded a time of 2.03.65, well outside her best time … Continue Reading→
The start of the session was delayed by 15 minutes tonight, but all that did was give the crowd even more time to work themselves into even more of a frenzy as the atmosphere turned electric. The sense of anticipation as they waited for another 5 titles to be decided was incredible, and the crowd … Continue Reading→
Pullbuoy has learnt that a clerical error had a massive bearing on the disqualification and subsequent reinstatement of Jennifer Reilly from the 200IM final. It appears that Reilly may have committed an infringement on the breastroke to freestyle turn, but the judge wrote down the incorrect lane number to record the disqualification. Following the … Continue Reading→
