This is very interesting:
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What are people who bought one of these for USMS Nationals going to do? I'm sure Arena is going to offer to replace the suits, but with Nationals days away it's going to be tough to get a new one before the meet starts.
Arena, therefore, advised FINA of its decision to withdraw the approval codes of concerned POWERSKIN Carbon-Pro models:
AR220993 – woman full body open back
AR220994 – woman full body closed back
AR141364 – man jammer
Consequently, as of May 7 onwards, all POWERSKIN Carbon-Pro suits to be used in FINA sanctioned events will have the following approval codes:
AR221039 – woman full body open back
AR221028 – woman full body closed back
AR141028 – man jammer
I hope Arena is being honest about this and it was, in fact, a change in manufacturing that led to the suits being out of compliance. Does anyone know exactly how FINA acquires the suits for testing? If the suit makers send them to FINA it opens up the possibility of sending samples they know will pass, but don't reflect the actual suit that is available to the public. The story makes it sound like FINA discovered the problem when testing an off-the-shelf suit, but obviously the suits did pass testing when they were first introduced and that makes me suspicious.
I hope Arena is being honest about this and it was, in fact, a change in manufacturing that led to the suits being out of compliance. Does anyone know exactly how FINA acquires the suits for testing? If the suit makers send them to FINA it opens up the possibility of sending samples they know will pass, but don't reflect the actual suit that is available to the public. The story makes it sound like FINA discovered the problem when testing an off-the-shelf suit, but obviously the suits did pass testing when they were first introduced and that makes me suspicious.
