http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event=swimming-men-400m-freestyle/
大逆轉 南韓朴泰桓改判 可參加決賽
今天(28日)稍早奧運男子400公尺自由式預賽中，尋求衛冕的南韓選手樸泰桓因為被判起跳犯規，雖然分組預賽第一名，但仍被取消資格，引發熱烈討論，南韓隊也隨即向大會提出異議。根據韓國《聯合通訊社》剛剛的最新消息，樸泰桓的異議申請經過錄影審查後，已經被改判，他將可以參加明晚決賽，與中國選手孫楊對決。
由於在鳴槍時，樸泰桓的腳出現了晃動，平衡有些失調，賽後他被取消資格，這個情況和2004年雅典奧運會上，樸泰桓因為起跳入水問題被判罰違規，如出一轍。
Park wins appeal but loses titleBy Alan Baldwin
LONDON | Sun Jul 29, 2012 8:50am IST
South Korea's Park Tae-hwan reacts after the men's 400m freestyle heats at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 28, 2012. /Credit: Reuters/Michael Dalder
(Reuters) - Park Tae-hwan surrendered his Olympic 400 metres freestyle title after a roller-coaster first day in the Olympic pool that started with a shock disqualification and ended with reinstatement and a silver medal.
"Today has been a long day for me," he told reporters after ending up well beaten by Sun Yang, China's first male Olympic swimming gold medallist.A national hero to his compatriots after he overcame childhood asthma to become the first South Korean swimmer to win Olympic gold in Beijing four years ago, Park appeared in the morning to have blown his chance.
After a protest, and several hours of deliberation, governing body FINA back-tracked on the referee's decision that it was a false start.They decided he could compete in the evening's final at the expense of Canadian eighth-placed qualifier Ryan Cochrane, who missed out by one hundredth of a second.
Park, who had been told by his coach to rest and have lunch pending the appeal, made the fastest start of anyone in the final and set a world record pace for the first 300 metres before fading.
He did not dwell on the stress but indicated it had played a part in his defeat.
"Because of the decision, which was unfortunate, it was very difficult for me during this period after the heats and before the final," he said. "I'm sure there was some influence."
RARE REINSTATEMENT
FINA said the unusual reversal was based on the recommendation of its technical swimming commission but provided no further details in a one paragraph statement that begged plenty of questions.
A venue press officer sitting alongside Park at a post-race news conference tried to intervene when questions were asked about the disqualification, telling reporters to email FINA instead of asking the athlete.
A FINA official earlier said the disqualification had been based on what the referee had seen.
Timing is done by Omega, who have introduced new electronic sensor pads on the blocks for London to measure swimmers' reaction times, but only the referee can declare the disqualification.
Reinstatements are rare but FINA has performed similar U-turns before. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, American Aaron Peirsol was reinstated as the winner of the 200m backstroke after winning an appeal against his disqualification.Park seemed to have made a schoolboy error in moving too early for a heat he should have won easily, a mistake that provided a flashback to his Olympic debut in 2004 when he was also disqualified from his preliminary heat in the same distance.
The youngest South Korean athlete at those Athens Games, he was so upset he hid in a bathroom for hours.
On Saturday he also momentarily hunched up on the floor, wiping his eyes, but it was more out of relief and happiness than despair.
"The coach said to forget about today and tomorrow we focus on the heats," he said. "I need to throw this thing away so I can really focus. It's not going to be easy but I will try."
Park had been expected to take on the mantle of retired Australian Ian Thorpe as the dominant swimmer in the men's 400 after his Beijing win but has struggled to assert his authority on the distance.
After the last Olympics, he failed to qualify for the final at the 2009 world championships in Rome but won the title in Shanghai last July despite scraping into the last eight with only the seventh best time.
(Additional reporting by Clara Ferreira-Marques, editing by Julian Linden)
South Korean swimmer Park reinstated after DQ
LONDON – Defending champion Park Tae-hwan was reinstated for the 400-meter freestyle event on the opening day of the Olympic swimming competition after South Korea appealed his disqualification.
FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu told the Associated Press that the swimming governing body issued its ruling after reviewing video footage of what had been deemed a false start.
"I can confirm that Park has been reinstated for the 400 freestyle," Marculescu said.
Park's time Saturday was 3 minutes, 46.68 seconds, which qualified him in fourth position. He knocks out Ryan Cochrane of Canada, who had taken the final qualifying position in eighth.
South Korea's protest went first to FINA's technical swimming committee, which upheld the disqualification. South Korea then took it to a jury of appeal, which ruled in Park's favor.
Park was first to touch the wall in his heat and appeared bewildered when told of the disqualification.
"I don't know why," Park said. "I need to speak to my coach to find out."
Marculescu could not explain why the judge on the pool deck called for a disqualification.
"It's a very good question," Marculescu said. "Human error maybe."
updated on Aug. 2, 2012
updated on Jul 30, 2012
written on Jul. 29, 2012
