{"id":470574,"date":"2021-04-21T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T17:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=470574"},"modified":"2021-04-22T13:01:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T20:01:29","slug":"swimmer-alleges-fraud-and-intimidation-to-qualify-for-olympics-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimmer-alleges-fraud-and-intimidation-to-qualify-for-olympics-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimmer Alleges Fraud and Intimidation to Qualify for Olympics (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indian swimmer <strong>Likith Prema<\/strong> took to YouTube on Wednesday to accuse the Uzbekistan Swimming Federation with tampering with times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aleksey-tarasenko-gets-a-cut-srihari-nataraj-just-misses-at-uzbekistan-champs\/\">at the recent Uzbekistan Open<\/a>, a FINA-sanctioned qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics, in order to achieve Olympic cuts for its swimmers.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence obtained by <em>Swimming World<\/em> from sources at the meet shows discrepancies between times posted on the day and those reported to FINA that favor Uzbekistan athletes, providing evidence for Prema\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>Prema also revealed that he was offered bribes by Uzbekistani swimming officials to keep quiet, then later demanded a letter saying he was \u201cmentally unstable\u201d and unable to hear the buzzer due to deafness.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6ywL55_Y9I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this competition, it was quite sad and heartbreaking to see a lot of manipulation of the times in favor of a few Uzbekistan swimmers, which also resulted in wrong times being recorded of the Indian swimmers as well, which we never asked for,\u201d Prema said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source with knowledge of the situation, FINA is opening an investigation into the allegations. An email to FINA seeking confirmation was not returned as of press time.<\/p>\n<p>Prema was one of many Indian athletes present at the meet in the Central Asian nation\u2019s capital of Tashkent. During the meet, Prema protested the tampering with times in the men\u2019s 200 breaststroke, in which he remained on the block during the race.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 540px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-470574-1\" width=\"540\" height=\"1112\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/200Br-Incident-1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/200Br-Incident-1.mp4\">https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/200Br-Incident-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis has happened one time in India and I protested against it because I love the sport,\u201d Prema told <em>Swimming World<\/em> when reached Wednesday. \u201cThis is what I\u2019ve been doing for the last 18 years. I train by myself. I train alone. Every day I have to look for pool space to train in. I really love the sport and I want to do something for the sport. When I saw this happening, it was very, very frustrating for me and very heartbreaking. What am I training for? What am I working for? If people are going to the Olympics so easy, why am I even training for this and working so hard?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prema also described a harrowing encounter with Uzbekistani officials, who offered him money not to disclose what he was seeing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter I left the pool, I was followed by the officials and the organizers of the event,\u201d Prema said in the video. \u201cThey came out and asked me what my issues were, and I told them what you\u2019re doing is wrong. You\u2019re not upholding good sportsmanship. You are cheating. I confronted them with what was happening. They told me one thing, \u2018you don\u2019t understand the politics,\u2019 and they said they have been given instructions by higher authorities to send 10 licenses, 10 A cuts from Uzbekistan to the Olympics. Those are the orders they had been giving. They bribed me with a lot of money to keep my mouth shut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Documents obtained by <em>Swimming World<\/em> (some of which Prema shared in his video) show drastic changes in the times reported via in-meet printouts as opposed to those later reported on the Uzbekistan Swimming Federation\u2019s website. They center on three Uzbeksitani swimmers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aleksey Tarasenko<\/strong> is reported to have posted an A cut in the 100 free of 48.55. It would have represented a massive cut from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimcloud.com\/swimmer\/451072\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his previous personal-best<\/a> of 50.35 last November. The results show that Tarasenko was nearly four seconds faster than the nearest swimmer in prelims, when he is alleged to have turned in the A cut. However, video of both prelims and finals reviewed by <em>Swimming World<\/em> cast serious doubt on that margin of victory, and a hand-timing of the video yields a slower time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_470579\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-470579\" data-attachment-id=\"470579\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimmer-alleges-fraud-and-intimidation-to-qualify-for-olympics-video\/100-free-results-prelims\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-free-Results-Prelims.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"953,1130\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618872538&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"100 free &#8211; Results Prelims\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;100 free &#8211; Results Prelims&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-free-Results-Prelims-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-free-Results-Prelims-864x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-470579 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-free-Results-Prelims-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"100 free - Results Prelims\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-470579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two Uzbekistani swimmers, <strong>Adilbek Yusupboev<\/strong> and <strong>Eldor Usmonov,<\/strong> are alleged to have hit A cuts in the 100 fly. Yusupboev went 51.71, with Usomonov at 51.83, though results from prelims show Usmonov at 52.62 and Yusupboev at 52.76. An Uzbekistan Swimming Federation spokesperson clarified that the A cut times were posted at a special time trial.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_470578\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-470578\" data-attachment-id=\"470578\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimmer-alleges-fraud-and-intimidation-to-qualify-for-olympics-video\/100-fly-prelims-result\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-fly-prelims-Result.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"950,780\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618872538&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"100 fly &#8211; prelims Result\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;100 fly &#8211; prelims Result&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-fly-prelims-Result-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-fly-prelims-Result.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-470578 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/100-fly-prelims-Result-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"100 fly - prelims Result\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-470578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy:<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yusupboev competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships in four events that did not include the 100 fly. Usomonov listed his year of birth as 2004. A thorough search did not reveal a previous personal-best in the 100 fly for either swimmer.<\/p>\n<p>Prema also said that video boards at the venue were not operational during the meet.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged fraud extended to the Indian swimmers. For instance, documents circulated on deck show <strong>Sajan Prakash<\/strong> with a time of 1:55.92 in the 200 butterfly, which would\u2019ve been an Olympic A cut. Prakash&#8217;s actual time was in the 2:03 range, Prema said, and he later went 1:57.68 in finals. The latter time is an Olympic B cut. Prakash is one of several promising Indian men\u2019s swimmers seeking the nation\u2019s first ever Olympic A cut.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_470580\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-470580\" data-attachment-id=\"470580\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimmer-alleges-fraud-and-intimidation-to-qualify-for-olympics-video\/200-fly-results-before-the-change\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/200-fly-Results-before-the-change.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"950,782\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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