This is very interesting:
swimswam.com/.../
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 got a prompt email from Tim McCool myself, so they are trying to be responsive.
Yes, they seem to be, but the question still remains: why now? Supposedly the issue was first found in February. Why wait until a few days before two major meets (USMS Nats and Charlotte Ultraswim)? I guess there's no good time, but this seems to be a particularly bad time to recall the suits.
I got a prompt email from Tim McCool myself, so they are trying to be responsive.
Yes, they seem to be, but the question still remains: why now? Supposedly the issue was first found in February. Why wait until a few days before two major meets (USMS Nats and Charlotte Ultraswim)? I guess there's no good time, but this seems to be a particularly bad time to recall the suits.
