Reuters: Serbian official says protest filed on 100-meter result

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BEIJING -- Branislav Jevtic, Serbia’s deputy chef de mission, told Reuters that an official protest was filed with swimming’s international governing body (FINA) over the finish in the 100-meter butterfly.

FINA has not yet confirmed that.

But FINA officials have called a press conference in five minutes to discuss the timing system at the Water Cube.

Stay tuned.

Update: Jevtic and his swimmer seem to be in a disagreement regarding the race that was awarded to Michael Phelps.

Jevtic: ‘We have made an official protest. It’s first place, it is very important.’

Milorad Cavic: ‘If it was up to me I would drop the protest, I didn’t want to fight it.’

-- Randy Harvey