Data manipulation in the world of long-distance swimming!

The story is here. It’s kind of like the Excel error in that famous economics paper, except that (a) it seems to have been on purpose, not an accident (according to the alleged perp, “The hacker has hacked into my administrative account and is using my accounts to make changes”), and (b) it did not do any damage to the world economy, it just enabled a fictionalized story to be presented as fact in a Hollywood movie.

So, no biggie except for people involved in long-distance swimming—for them it’s a big deal.