{"id":531697,"date":"2023-07-03T05:36:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=531697"},"modified":"2023-07-03T05:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T12:36:09","slug":"disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals<\/strong><\/p>\n

At one point during Thursday morning’s prelim session at U.S. Nationals, the fans inside the Indiana University Natatorium would give a rousing ovation whenever the venue announcers would say, “The results are official.” But after the majority of 400 IM heats, the meet came to a grinding halt, with results “pending video review.” Numerous swimmers were disqualified, most for the vague-sounding violation of “dolphin kick during breaststroke.” As the DQs kept coming, fans began booing.<\/p>\n

The most high-profile of these DQs was\u00a0Emma Weyant<\/strong>, the University of Florida swimmer who was the Olympic silver medalist in the 400 IM and the World Championships bronze medalist last year. Weyant finished second behind\u00a0Alex Walsh<\/strong> in the second-to-last heat of the event, and if her time had counted, she would have been the No. 2 qualifier for the final<\/a>. She was not a lock to qualify for the team not against Walsh and\u00a0Katie Grimes<\/strong> but very much a contender. And with no true backup events to fall back on, the DQ essentially eliminated Weyant from World Championships contention.<\/p>\n

The other consequential call was\u00a0Max McHugh<\/strong> being disqualified from the 50 breaststroke after posting the top qualifying time. McHugh, a multi-time NCAA champion in the 100-yard breast with one title in the 200-yard breast, had the best long course performance of his career wiped out, but even had he won the event’s final, he would not have received a World Championships invitation because the 50-meter stroke winners were the last priority for American selection to the team, and the roster was capped out at 26 swimmers.<\/p>\n

The flurry of DQs resulted from the use of underwater video equipment, which will be in place at the World Championships and other major competitions. According to World Aquatics Competition Regulation 10.3 (page 40 of the linked document)<\/a>, “At Olympic Games and World Aquatics Championships, the approved Automatic Officiating Equipment, including Video Judging Equipment shall be provided and used. The approved Video Judging Equipment shall be used to initiate stroke infraction calls, confirm stroke infraction calls or assist the Referee to overturn calls made on the pool deck.”<\/p>\n

Underwater video equipment has been used in the past to overturn disqualifications, including memorably at the 2016 Olympic Trials in the women’s 200 butterfly.\u00a0Camille Adams<\/strong>, the strong favorite in the event and reigning World Championships silver medalist, was DQed in prelims for dolphin kicking past vertical<\/a> (closer to her back than her front) off a turn, but video review should that Adams’ kickout was legal. The DQ was overturned<\/a>, and the reinstated Adams ended up winning the event and placing fourth in the 200 fly at the Rio Games.<\/p>\n

Now, however, video is used to\u00a0initiate<\/em> calls, meaning an officials on deck would not have to observe a violation. If an official saw an issue on camera, that would be sufficient to make a DQ.<\/p>\n

Numerous swimmers and coaches who spoke to Swimming World<\/em> expressed concern that the system would mean minuscule details invisible to on-deck officials could now be used to disqualify swimmers, particularly in breaststroke events.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the phrasing “dolphin kick during breaststroke” could refer to one of two separate violations: taking an extra dolphin kick (or multiple extra kicks) during the pullout or a small downward kick at the end of each stroke cycle. Violations in pullouts have been common over the years, with 2012 Olympic gold medalist\u00a0Cameron van der Burgh<\/strong> admitting to taking multiple kicks off each wall. Fans watching underwater replay footage could see the extra kicks, but it was impossible to discern from deck level.<\/p>\n

\"anthony-nesty-\"

Florida head coach Anthony Nesty weighed in on the numerous DQs at Nationals — Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n

However, the downward dolphin kick within the normal stroke cycle is extremely subtle, and plenty of swimmers could go their whole career without ever being called for a violation \u2014 but that changes with underwater video used to initiate DQs. While swimmers at Nationals were called for both types of dolphin-kick infractions, it was the latter issue that cost Weyant a spot in the final, according to Florida head coach\u00a0Anthony Nesty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

When Nesty met with media members Saturday morning in Indianapolis, he implied some frustration with the system and its impact on swimmers’ results.<\/p>\n

“DQs are never fun because these athletes put in so much time, effort, energy. It is what it is. It\u2019s breaststroke. Obviously a lot of breaststrokers got DQ\u2019ed. It\u2019s not our call. It\u2019s their call, and we have to go with the call,” Nesty said. “When you\u2019re watching video you can nitpick any little thing. But obviously they felt she did a dolphin kick and the call was made.”<\/p>\n

Above all else, Nesty was bummed for his swimmer, who was looking forward to showing her improvements in the 400 IM for the first time in one full year training with the Gators.\u00a0“The thing I was excited for, it was one of the best prelim swims she\u2019s ever had,” Nesty said. “I pulled her aside and said, \u2018What did you think you could go?\u2019 She said, ‘I definitely could have gone faster.’ Could she have gone 4:33, I don\u2019t know. But I think 34, 35, 36 was doable.”<\/p>\n

A significant source of frustration was the introduction of this technology at the selection meet for the World Championships and not giving athletes the chance to experience the system and make adjustments during less consequential in-season meets.<\/p>\n

Compare that to the recent changes in Major League Baseball, where a pitch clock and new regulations on defensive positioning were introduced for the 2023 season. The rule changes were implemented during spring training, and initially, players struggled to adjust, but after six weeks of exhibition games, the rules have caused few issues during the regular season, and fans have lauded a vastly-improved product on the field. Perhaps with the same foresight, one prominent swimmer argued, such chaos at Nationals could have been avoided.<\/p>\n

Kieran Smith<\/strong>, another University of Florida-trained athlete, who qualified for World Championships as the runnerup in the men’s 200 and 400 freestyle, wore an irritated look as he weighed in.<\/p>\n

“I heard that (Weyant) got DQ\u2019ed, and then I was watching the men, and every race someone\u2019s getting DQ\u2019ed, which seems a little ridiculous,” Smith said. “It would be one thing if there was consistency from U.S. Open and Pro Swims where something like this would happen because maybe we could try to tighten it up, but when you come to the Trials meet like this, and you have to dive in hoping you don\u2019t get disqualified for dolphin kicks during breaststroke, I don\u2019t know, it seems a little ridiculous.<\/p>\n

“I feel like it has to be within reason or to gain an advantage because no one\u2019s coming here to gain a quick, slight edge of doing dolphin kicks. No one\u2019s trying to cheat. But I\u2019m not an official, either.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals At one point during Thursday morning’s prelim session at U.S. Nationals, the fans inside the Indiana University Natatorium would give<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":530866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122077,7],"tags":[132678,666,66382,62445,53502],"class_list":["post-531697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-americas","category-usa","tag-2023-us-national-championships","tag-anthony-nesty","tag-disqualification","tag-emma-weyant","tag-kieran-smith"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nDisqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls at Nationals<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new system of using underwater video to initiate disqualifications had a huge impact on Nationals, with Emma Weyant ruled out of the 400 IM.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new system of using underwater video to initiate disqualifications had a huge impact on Nationals, with Emma Weyant ruled out of the 400 IM.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"750\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@David_Rieder\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\"},\"headline\":\"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/\"},\"wordCount\":1176,\"commentCount\":14,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2023 US National Championships\",\"Anthony Nesty\",\"disqualification\",\"Emma Weyant\",\"Kieran Smith\"],\"articleSection\":[\"-Home Slider\",\"Americas\",\"USA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/\",\"name\":\"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls at Nationals\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"A new system of using underwater video to initiate disqualifications had a huge impact on Nationals, with Emma Weyant ruled out of the 400 IM.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":750,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af\",\"name\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"David Rieder - Senior Writer\"},\"description\":\"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls at Nationals","description":"A new system of using underwater video to initiate disqualifications had a huge impact on Nationals, with Emma Weyant ruled out of the 400 IM.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals","og_description":"A new system of using underwater video to initiate disqualifications had a huge impact on Nationals, with Emma Weyant ruled out of the 400 IM.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":750,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@David_Rieder","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/"},"author":{"name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af"},"headline":"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals","datePublished":"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/"},"wordCount":1176,"commentCount":14,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg","keywords":["2023 US National Championships","Anthony Nesty","disqualification","Emma Weyant","Kieran Smith"],"articleSection":["-Home Slider","Americas","USA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/","name":"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls at Nationals","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-03T12:36:09+00:00","description":"A new system of using underwater video to initiate disqualifications had a huge impact on Nationals, with Emma Weyant ruled out of the 400 IM.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg","width":1000,"height":750,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/disqualification-details-making-sense-of-video-initiated-calls-that-upended-nationals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Disqualification Details: Making Sense of Video-Initiated Calls That Upended Nationals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/610dd0484edf5c4dba59e62a7e5b89af","name":"David Rieder - Senior Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/771e0586ce6532b0e16f68a06c9bd273?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"David Rieder - Senior Writer"},"description":"David Rieder is a staff writer for Swimming World. He has contributed to the magazine and website since 2009, and he has covered the NCAA Championships, U.S. Nationals, Olympic Trials as well as the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and the 2017 World Championships in Budapest. He is a native of Charleston, S.C., and a 2016 graduate of Duke University.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/David_Rieder"],"url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/davidr\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Emma Weyant -- Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/emma-weyant-2023-US-Nats-2270-Enhanced-NR.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2ejL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/530866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}