Great shocked as 'targeted' crackdown causes chaos

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Aussie swimming large Giaan Rooney said she's ne'er seen truthful galore disqualifications arsenic person been handed retired astatine the World Championships successful Melbourne this week.

During Friday morning's 200m bosom changeable heats, 4 swimmers were disqualified crossed the men and women.

Speaking connected Wide World of Sports' coverage, Rooney believed officials were targeting the bosom changeable successful particular.

"Most of them person travel successful bosom stroke, truthful they indispensable beryllium targeting that treble footwear underwater," she said.

But it's not conscionable successful the bosom changeable that swimmers are being disqualified.

Elsewhere, the Netherlands mislaid a bronze medal successful the last of the mixed 4x50m medley relay connected Wednesday nighttime aft the last changeover was completed fractionally excessively early. Germany were besides disqualified from the aforesaid contention for the aforesaid infraction.

The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) volition beryllium broadcast exclusively unrecorded and escaped connected Nine and 9Now from December 13-18.

French prima Maxime Grousset was besides disqualified from the semi finals of the 100m idiosyncratic medley connected Thursday nighttime aft helium was judged to person not been connected his backmost erstwhile helium touched the partition astatine the extremity of the backstroke leg.

Rooney said she the fig of disqualifications was singular for a World Championships.

"It's astonishing however many," she said.

Elsewhere, the Aussie men person qualified for the last successful the 4x50m freestyle relay.

Kyle Chalmers has qualified ninth for the semi finals of the men's 50m freestyle, which volition beryllium held connected Friday night.

Of the Aussie women, Jenna Strauch has qualified for the 200m bosom changeable last connected Friday night, portion Meg Harris and Emma McKeon person some qualified for Friday night's semi finals of the 50m freestyle.

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