Silencio Tarsier Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
super confused.
A world record was set for the fastest hatching of a conspiracy theory: the greedy Americans were winning again, and cheating to make sure. Never mind that there was no conceivable way of fiddling the timing of a bang-bang finish that displays instant results - people wanted to believe the race was fixed. Or at least that the touch pads were faulty. So the Serbs filed a written protest with FINA, the governing body of swimming. The Omega timing system had the same times on both its standard and back-up apparatus. Referee Ben Ekumbo of Kenya then reviewed super-slow-motion replays of the finish and rejected the protest.
totally confused with the underlined.
totally confused with the underlined.
Top answer
The first sentence just says that the Serbs started talking about the conspiracy the instant the race had finished. g. to arrange/fix the race so that Phelps wins)
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The first sentence just says that the Serbs started talking about the conspiracy the instant the race had finished.
fiddling the timing = manipulating the timing (system) or tampering with the timing (so that it shows false times favouring Phelps)
bang-bang finish = This refers to the fact that the two swimmers almost instantaneously touched the finish pads
fiddling the timing = manipulating the timing (system) or tampering with the timing (so that it shows false times favouring Phelps)
bang-bang finish = This refers to the fact that the two swimmers almost instantaneously touched the finish pads
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