Sports and Miscellaneous: Denied!

Denied!

By Anonymous - 17/04/2009 17:07 - United States

Today, I swam in a race against all of the girls in the midwest in the hardest, longest, most grueling race you can swim. I won. Happy but so tired I could barely move, I looked up to see my time. I had been disqualified. For flinching. Before the race started. FML

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By :( - 14/06/2013 04:06 - United States - Parker

Today, I was at a swim meet, swimming as hard as I'd ever swum before. During the last lap I saw no one in the lanes next to me. Thinking I was first, I became extremely excited. When I came to the wall, I realized the reason no one else was around: They already finished the race. I was last. FML

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By suckatlifeeexo - 25/04/2009 05:44 - United States

Today, I was at a swim meet. I was on a relay team and I was the anchor. My team was in 1st. I was ready to dive in when I saw my tampon string was hanging out of my suit. I freaked, slid off the block, and fell on top of the guy before me and gave him a concussion. We got DQed for a false start FML

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By ThatGuyWhoRolled - 05/01/2023 14:00 - United Kingdom - Cambridge

Today, I was up against two others in a 120m race on my school's sports day. Unexpectedly, I heard my name being chanted from most of the classes watching and well, this made me want to win so much that I leaned forward too much whilst running and ended up tripping and rolling on the track. I heard loud sighs after. FML

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By grlzze444 - 16/11/2010 00:19 - United States

Today, my swim coach had me swim a 400 meter freestyle. Feeling a little sick near the end, I lifted my head to breathe, then burped, and threw up violently all in the pool. All my team mates screamed horrified running out of the pool, and now they have to drain it. I was told not to come back. FML

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By mathii - 23/07/2011 23:52 - France

Today, I was in swimming practice at the pool. I suddenly got breathless, dizzy, and felt like I was drowning. I cried out to the instructor, telling him I had a weak heart. He shouted back, "I don't care about your love life! Swim, bitch!" FML

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Bellyflop

By Anonymous - 12/03/2023 20:00 - United States

Today, I tried to impress our swim team coach by doing a complicated backflip from the diving board. I landed face-first in the pool and had to be rescued by the lifeguard, so I guess I won't be going to the Olympics any time soon. FML

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By fat teen - 05/06/2016 23:33 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I decided to get back in shape so I went swimming. I only managed 10 lengths and was completely out of breath. I was so embarrassed that when a lifeguard asked me if I was OK, I made up a story about a leg injury as a reason to leave only 15 minutes after I got in. FML

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Good cause, bad knees

By Anonymous - 15/10/2023 22:00

Today, I took part in a charity run for a good cause. I'd trained for months and showed up, only to trip and fall flat on my face at the starting line. I spent the rest of the race with scraped knees and a bruised ego. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/07/2014 05:00 - Australia - Darlinghurst

Today, a new session started for my swimming squad. I walked down to the pool, tripped over a stray equipment bag, and belly-flopped into the pool in front of everyone, fully clothed. I'm the coach. FML

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By Username - 05/06/2019 20:00

Today, at the beach, I swam pretty far out into the ocean. I ended up getting pummelled by the waves and got a painful cramp in my leg. The whole beach watched me flail and scream, while my friends rolled their eyes as they dragged me out of the water. FML

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MiseryLotus 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 1:59

How is that grounds for disqualification? And shouldn't they have told you before the race started that you were disqualified?

SilentGround 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 2:02

this actually is an fml. i'm sorry, that really sucks. don't let it weigh you down though, it'll only make you feel bad in the long run. :/

Comments

Luky_fml 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 19:54

what was it? like a 500 butterfly or something?

EequalsmC2 1

Saturday 18 April 2009 19:58

oh my gosh... the same thing happened to me before my 1650... i feel your pain :(

_mcs_ 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 20:08

What's your point? So you don't get a silly prize to prove you've won. You will always know that the title should be yours.

missethics 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 20:23

Oh man, you must have been really freaking nervous. Last year I swam competitively for the first time ever-- I would be so nervous that I felt like I was going to throw up or have a panic attack. Never actually *flinched* though. Weird.

AlAesthetic 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 20:46

Oh no! That really sucks. I've been DQ'd for stupid things, like wearing a ring (which I never take off) during my race. Just kick ass next time!

lifejustsucks 0

Saturday 18 April 2009 22:41

yeah, that sucks, but it happens to everyone. once i forgot to check in for a race, they told me I could swim. I waited 3 hours to swim the 800 free, swam it, got a best time, and in the middle of the race, the ref. told my coach they decided not to count it. so, it could have been worse. so stop complaining and move on!

InspiredByGaGa 8

Saturday 18 April 2009 23:54

at least you got the experience and you got the exercise :)

sondramcfail 0

Sunday 19 April 2009 0:39

Being DQ'd sucks. Especially for something so stupid. :( AH I feel bad for you.

brenna805 0

Sunday 19 April 2009 1:59

That's competitive swimming for you. sucks. sorry for your luck.. but hey at least you have the time for yourself.. thats what its really about. work on dropping time from that now and get them next year.. @#109.. you don't.

Shiftyeyes 0

Sunday 19 April 2009 2:48

I hate crappy ref's so much. Personally, been there with the flinching in my last 13 years of swimming. They dq on the stupidest things. I feel bad for you, but remember crappy things happen and you have to move on =[.