Controversy
Swim Ireland sent 4 swimmers to the 2008 Olympic Games with Irish swimming hats which contravened OCI legislation; Swim Ireland were informed many times of the guidelines for which the hats had to follow, but still managed to ignore them. The mishap cost Melanie Nocher dearly as her goggles fell off during her 200m Freestyle heat due to the fact she had to wear a hat she was not used to and because the hat was not of a normal size.
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