Vipa Bernhardt, though finishing 3rd at German trials, got an injunction from a state court and now has been added to the German team.
Second place finisher, Anne Poleska, who placed second and qualified for the German national team and also won a bronze in Athens apparently is in legal limbo.
From Reuters: "... Bernhardt's court challenge was based on the fact that the second-placed swimmer, Anne Poleska, had raced for the Coral Springs swimming club in Florida. Bernhardt and Poleska have both lived and trained in the United States.
Poleska won the bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and silver at the 2005 world championships in Montreal.
NOT ALLOWED
German swimming federation rules allow participation in foreign college or school swimming teams but not foreign clubs. According to those rules, Poleska should not have been allowed to swim at the German national championships. ..." [Link]
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