Michael Phelps - Another Corporate-Owned Frankenstein?

[Beatbox Is Life]

^ You can see that Michael's body is ahead of Cavic's. It doesn't matter how far his arms are in front of him because when he stretches out, they will be farther than Cavic's.

^ The touch pad is not sensitive... you have to hit it hard for the time to stop... I'm a swimmer so I would know. There were times when I didn't hit the pad hard enough and my time didn't stop, so they had to get the manual timers to enter in my real time.

Even though Cavic is touching the pad, he is probably not pushing against it with full force... which he should be in a few milliseconds. But Phelps' arms are moving lighting fast through the air so when they make contact with the pad, the timer will stop automatically.

So technically, Cavic should have won since Phelps took an extra stroke and Cavic touched the wall first. But unlucky for him, the touch pad is official.

I think that should clear a few things up.

Nice +1 you
I haven't used a touch pad so I didn't know that.

 

[texaspaid]

well, it sucks to be cavic then

 

[ironblade87]

This is a stupid, useless, conspiracy thread.

Enough said.

 

[hm0ng]

There where replays on NBC that clearly shows Phelps touched first.

 

[Faculty3000]

Michael Phelps did win fairly..time never lies..

 

[idkaboutthis]

^ You can see that Michael's body is ahead of Cavic's. It doesn't matter how far his arms are in front of him because when he stretches out, they will be farther than Cavic's.

^ The touch pad is not sensitive... you have to hit it hard for the time to stop... I'm a swimmer so I would know. There were times when I didn't hit the pad hard enough and my time didn't stop, so they had to get the manual timers to enter in my real time.

Even though Cavic is touching the pad, he is probably not pushing against it with full force... which he should be in a few milliseconds. But Phelps' arms are moving lighting fast through the air so when they make contact with the pad, the timer will stop automatically.

So technically, Cavic should have won since Phelps took an extra stroke and Cavic touched the wall first. But unlucky for him, the touch pad is official.

I think that should clear a few things up.

however you can quite clearly see cavic TOUCHING the pad, no denying that, and you cant edit that either no way.

 

[Darkgroove]

The touch pad is not sensitive... you have to hit it hard for the time to stop... I'm a swimmer so I would know. There were times when I didn't hit the pad hard enough and my time didn't stop, so they had to get the manual timers to enter in my real time.

Finally someone with some intelligence on the matter posts.

I hate swimming 200m breaststroke or butterfly, and being so tired that you hardly hit and the time doesn't register.

On topic, Phelps half stroke had generated alot more power with his kick than Cavic's kick on its own. So when cavic hit with little power besides his kick and the momentum he had built, it wasn't going to register his time until the palms hit the wall.

Phelp's power allowed a stronger finger touch and that's why his time was registered first.