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Commentary by Dr. Buky Chass<\/em><\/p>\n

Why do water polo, team handball, football, basketball and other team sports award all of their medals, including the reserve players (some who never even play due to a coaching decision or injury) on the podium while the reserve swimmers do not get to be recognized on the podium?<\/p>\n

For many years, swimmers who swam during the preliminary heats on relays did not even get a medal if their team went on to win gold, silver or bronze at finals. That changed after a long deliberation by FINA and the IOC when they decided to recognized the value and efforts of preliminary swimmers by agreeing to award them the medals that were achieved by their peers in the finals. Very correct, understandable and worthy decision!<\/p>\n

But why do the non-podium swimmers get their medals in a room in front of their team members instead of on a podium during an award ceremony in front of the public like the other team sports?<\/p>\n

It is time to correct the injustice done to these dedicated, hardworking worthy athletes (I include track and field athletes as well) who are contributing a lot to the success of the team by allowing them to receive their medals in public.<\/p>\n

It’s time to bring the reserve athletes out and have them stand on the podium and be recognized as part of the team, as legitimate part of the team, by the crowd that came out to see their country’s representatives.<\/p>\n

Please consider how much more media the sport of swimming and other sports will get if more parents will be there to witness their children being honored for their effort. Consider how much more media coverage we\/you\/our sport will get if the media from these additional honored athletes will be out there to report, photograph and televise, then send their athletes’ pictures on the podium to their cities around the world.<\/p>\n

I plea to you to bring my suggestion to your specific decision makers and take this logical step and make the right change of rule.<\/p>\n

All commentaries are the opinion of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views\u00a0of Swimming World Magazine nor its staff.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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