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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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
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
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
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
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
Today, on a date, I told the guy I could swim. He suggested we race. I agreed to impress him. I jumped in, immediately panicked, inhaled water, and had to be helped out by a 10-year-old with floaties. He asked if I lied about anything else. FML
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
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
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
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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MiseryLotus 0
How is that grounds for disqualification? And shouldn't they have told you before the race started that you were disqualified?
SilentGround 0
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. :/
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Alex_DeLarge 0
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yo fault, everyone else was just as nervous as you, and nobody else flinched. That said, if that happened to me, I would be pretty depressed. Everyone wants to be rewarded for their hard work. Doesn't mean it's not your fault, but mistakes happen.
FmlCrunch 3
No need to be a dick. People shake and flinch a little when they are nervous. It's a bodily function, completely unavoidable.
swmstr2012 0
i am SO sorry. I'm a swimmer too, and i absolutely hate it when that happens to me...yeesh : what race was it?
lolololcheese 0
what are you not allowed to move? sorry I know nothing about swimming.
hockeygirl202 0
that sucksssss.
BigLord 0
What the ****? Someone should have just stopped you, the morons. If that happened to me I would RAGE just for the sheer frustration. FYL.
NickAlert 1
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HAHAHAHAH YOU SUCK
THE_A_TEEN 28
Yeah, doing your best and beating the best competitors of the race your doing means you suck. Amazing logic bro, don't reproduce...
infernno 23
Hello Sir. You have been recommended for a genuine Darwin Award. Please claim ASAP for the good of the human race.
Yousuck24 21
NO U
Ohnoitslindsay 0
Umm you shouldn't have done that?
ksmellir 0
@ #2 when they say take your mark, you aren't allowed to move at all. if the starter doesn't see you flinch in time to hold the start, you are dq'd and nothing can be done about it. flinching counts as false starting. Also, flinching doesn't always happen because you're nervous, when you're a swimmer for a long time you start to anticipate the start and sometimes you end up moving. same thing happened to me once, except mine was on the 50 free so it was nowhere near as bad as yours, but i had gone a best time. :(
robbietherabbit 0
I don't get it? And I guess they couldn't of really stopped her after the race started, since she was in the water and all.
You_cry_I_laugh 0
Wow. You can get disqualified for FLINCHING? FYL for what happened, but also YDI for participating in something with such dumb rules.