Can one be DQ'd at a USMS sanctioned meet if your suit falls off upon diving in and you find yourself nude? Or if it starts to slide down, down, down during a race until, oops! it's off?
I know my options if my suit were to malfunction during a race and I wished to continue would be to (a) stop in the middle as long as I didn't touch the lane lines or put my feet on the bottom of the pool, or (b) stop at a wall and do all adjustments there.
But if it plumb came off, would I get DQ'd?
Curious, here.
You never can predict a race.
Izzy
I'm trying to post a poll but may not be able to figure out how, re suit malfunctions.
I would think that if it came off as you hit the water , you can still finish the race. I seem to remember a high ranking lady swimmer had her suit rip open at the butt area & they allowed her to change into a new suit quickly.
I would think that if it came off as you hit the water , you can still finish the race. I seem to remember a high ranking lady swimmer had her suit rip open at the butt area & they allowed her to change into a new suit quickly.
