I just saw an article about the new FINA swim rules and I'm confused about the one relating to swimming unattached in a SCM or LCM meet. The new rule states that if a swimmer does enter a meet as unattached not only will his or her time not count for FINA top ten or a record, but that everyone in the meet will also have their times be unrecognized. Sounds a bit harsh.
Also, backstrokers can no longer finish underwater. How will that be judged? What if your entire body is submerged on the final lunge except for the toes of one foot completing a final kick?
Clarification from our rule gurus please.
Yes, and that's why USMS created the unattached club (I presume). It gives the option for swimmers to be members of USMS (and their LMSC) while not being a member of a club--unless you think "club unattached" is really a club. ;)
Agree! I wonder if someone could post the new USMS language around this? If it says that Unat members of USMS are now deemed to be "registered in a club member of a FINA Member Federation", and does so without caveat, then it would seem to apply in any situation where one is required to be "registered in a club member of a FINA Member Federation"... whether that is for top ten or for entry into Worlds.
Yes, and that's why USMS created the unattached club (I presume). It gives the option for swimmers to be members of USMS (and their LMSC) while not being a member of a club--unless you think "club unattached" is really a club. ;)
Agree! I wonder if someone could post the new USMS language around this? If it says that Unat members of USMS are now deemed to be "registered in a club member of a FINA Member Federation", and does so without caveat, then it would seem to apply in any situation where one is required to be "registered in a club member of a FINA Member Federation"... whether that is for top ten or for entry into Worlds.
