![nanjagoingdown](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4473585898_882ba64ed0_b.jpg)
and went down again for a bit
![nanjadip](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4472808885_52b61b08c5_b.jpg)
but then decided she'd really had enough and came up again
![nanjapostdip](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4472809631_5da5a21fbf_b.jpg)
signaled she was okay-ish
![nanjaisokayish](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2709/4472811957_11f35ca12b_b.jpg)
then really was okay
![nanjaisokay](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4473590898_d8950af6bb_b.jpg)
You'd think showing this kind of enthusiasm would be rewarded, but the rules don't allow for puppies wagging their tails, so the performance was deemed invalid. It is a sign of how great a champ Nanja is that she almost always knows how to contain her enthusiasm, and that she still walked away with medals and being third overall with the ladies
What i love about the dip in general, besides the enthusiasm it shows, is that it is a grey area, and it's hard to fit into rules. The grey area is between consciousness and a blackout, when the athlete surfaces and is not in complete control, but often in enough control to keep himself above water. A dip is then considered taking it too far, but the rest is pretty vague, up to interpretation. It's not black or white; it's somewhere between blackout and white card.
1 comment:
I think black outs and LMC's should get a white card. Why not? Everybody is happy. The longer you stay under the more points you get.
NOT.
Good pic sequence though. I like it.
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