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
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.
An extremely bad time! Especially if Arena doesn't have equivalent replacements on hand, which is what worries me. One doesn't want to arrive at Nats with a brand new carbon pro like Teen Fort and be handed a much less expensive powerskin as a "replacement."
FYI, I was racing in a LZR at Zones where I set an NR and posted some good times. There was a snarky comment on FB about my times possibly not counting. The suit was legal then anyway, and it seems from the description that the defect wasn't even performance enhancing.
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.
An extremely bad time! Especially if Arena doesn't have equivalent replacements on hand, which is what worries me. One doesn't want to arrive at Nats with a brand new carbon pro like Teen Fort and be handed a much less expensive powerskin as a "replacement."
FYI, I was racing in a LZR at Zones where I set an NR and posted some good times. There was a snarky comment on FB about my times possibly not counting. The suit was legal then anyway, and it seems from the description that the defect wasn't even performance enhancing.
