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Ottenbrite changes kick. and swims to gold medal BY TIM DAINES Commîlty Editor A local swlmmer bas learned if you can't beat 'em, join 'emn, but had to go althe way to Caracas,, Venezuela tW make this dlscovery. Anne , Ottenbrite coiiquered adverslty over b er unique swlm- ingastyle and altered it. sllgtly on. the way -to capturlng a gold medal at the Pan American Games lu the 100metre breaststroke, Saturday. In a cloud of con- traversy, Ottenbrite had been dlsqualified in the 200 metre breaststroke Thursday when judges ruled sie, was uslng an Ilegal "dolpbln kick".P SThis nulllfied a record settlng Urne for the Games and ellrnInated Ottenbrite,.tbe pre-race favorite, fromn the final. Kalthy R41aid,'Of Ot- tawa, salvaged some satisfaction for the Canadian team as she went on towln the gold. It was a different story on Saturday. Ot- tenbrite changed ber kick witb only one day' f practice and slashed 4/l0tbs of a second off the Commonwealth record of 1: 11.03 skie set at the world s*ilmming cbampionshlpsilm 90. "Im lowerlng my legs more,'" said Otten- brite after the race. 'I dldn't want te change it at ail, but it seems more streamliued now." The- 17-year-old Ot- tenbrlte's contraversial' swlmmlng style was fir- st ruled, illegal at a Canada-England- USSR meet lu England. this summer and'her father Joe Ottenbrite believes this may bave caused a precedent. "If skie -badn't been disquaifed in England, no issue would bhave' been made here," he said. The judges apparen- tly believe tbat Otten- brite Is uslng the doîphin kick - an up and down jerky motion - but her father disputes this con- tention. "When the back part of ber body comes up, her feet come out of the water. The judges are' taking it for granted sbe's not spreadlng ber feet at ail.,Sbe does this uniderwater but they can'tsee this."1 "The kick doesn't give her any, advantage,"1 said Ottenbrlte's coach CliIff Barry. "lTherels a llttle pause in the up- stroke that makes it look like a doîphin kick. We don't think lt's Illegal."y Mr. Ottenbrite main- tains that Canadian Swlmmling officials did not take e nougb, precautions before the race te determine if the kick was indeed illegal. "I feel the' coaches should bave lu-. vestigated'te see if tbe judges would agree if it was a legal kick before going on with prac-, tlsing," be said. .After the reent disqualification,r. Ot- tenbrite Immnediately asked that a protest be Issued through tbe federal, govemment but the issue was put inte the hands of the Canadian Swirnring Association. "We sbould let it be known- we can't be, pushed around, " he snid. "I1 hope teystand by the protest." Vol., 13 No. 34 Wednes day August 24,-1983 1 PAGES Clowning around Books must grow on trees. At least that's what Durham Balloon Company clown Suzanne Desmoulin, f lanked by Danny Miller (left) and Dan ny Ward (rlght) appear to think. These clowlng antios were part of the third annlversary celebrations of the Book Between, 113 Dundas St. W. The store celebrated the occasion by offerlng many books at two for the price of one. Staff Photo by TIm Baines ý1j 1.7