British Swimmers Adam Peaty & Sarah Vasey criticise timing error
Adam Peaty an Olympic champion and Sarah Vasey a British champion have criticized organizers for “ridiculous” timing errors at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow. According to British Swimming, the timings in three 50m sessions were incorrect by 0.10 seconds, including Peaty’s heats and Vasey’s final on Tuesday. The issue was fixed by Wednesday. Something similar happened at the same pool at the 2018 European Championships. The double British champion Peaty almost lost his 100m world record before seeing it readjusted as a result of the mistake at that meet in August 2018.
The 24-year-old, who won gold in the 100m breaststroke at Rio 2016, said: “Happens once then it’s a simple mistake, but when it happens twice it just becomes infuriating for the athletes.”
“Sorry, but this is ridiculous. Imagine becoming British Champion then finding out two days later you actually went 0.1 slower… oh wait I don’t have to imagine.” Vasey, who won gold in the women’s 50m breaststroke in Glasgow, tweeted