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[justinian]

kowenicki said:

justinian said:
GB vs China in the women's final would have been epic.

Ultimately rules are rules and if someone else had done it I would have wanted them dq'ed.

I wouldnt, unless it was major... if we are talking inches or a few feet then its silly.

I didnt think the germans should have been dq'd in the World Championships.

and what makes it worse is that it has some discretion for the judges.... a rule with discretion is never a good rule.

As you said discretion is never good when applied to rules, espeicially when the stakes are so high.

I still think if you break them regardless of who you are you pay the price, no matter how fine the margin. It's the only way that any system can really work.

Pendleton isn't making much of a song and dance about it and seem quite "upbeat" so she must have accepted it, which is good.

Forget it and move on. That's the attitude.