{"id":113989,"date":"2014-11-09T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=113989"},"modified":"2014-11-10T06:07:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:07:24","slug":"controversy-reigns-north-sea-swim-meet-jeanette-ottesen-draws-100-fly-dq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/controversy-reigns-north-sea-swim-meet-jeanette-ottesen-draws-100-fly-dq\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy Reigns at North Sea Swim Meet as Jeanette Ottesen Draws 100 Fly DQ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo Courtesy: Joao Marc Bosch<\/p>\n

ROGALAND – Controversy reigned on the final day of swimming at the North Sea Swim Meet as Jeanette Ottesen lost a world-class time due to a disqualification, and immediately made her complaints public.<\/p>\n

Ottesen initially looked to have moved to fourth in the world in the 100-meter fly with a 56.32, but drew a disqualification making Emilie Beckmann the winner with a 59.61. \u00a0Svenja Stoffel (59.74) and Monica Johannessen (59.97) closed out the top three.<\/p>\n

Ottesen didn’t seem to happy with her disqualification as she took to Twitter to voice her frustration.<\/p>\n

“Thank you North Sea Swim Meet for giving amateur officials a chance to wrongly disqualify me.I WAS so pleased with 56.32 still counts to me,” Ottesen tweeted.<\/p>\n

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Thank you North Sea Swim Meet for giving amateur officials a chance to wrongly disqualify me.I WAS so pleased with 56.32 still counts to me.<\/p>\n

— Jeanette Ottesen (@OttesenJeanette) November 9, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n