oscillating deformations of subcutaneous adipose tissue when swimming at higher speed

Originally posted by ande the problem is pandoras box has opened there are now world records done by swimmers wearing the suits Would it be fair to remove these records from the books? Would it be fair to ban the suits and allow swimmers who aren't permitted to wear the suits to compete against the times of those who did? I suppose the same questions could be asked regarding various changes that have been made to the stroke rules over the years. The bottom line is that there are world records that have been set by swimmers wearing the suits, and there are world records that have been set by swimmers who weren't wearing the suits, suggesting that the suits (contrary to the manufacturers' claims) haven't made much difference (though who knows whether that will continue as the suits continue to be redesigned). I think it would have been better to have banned the suits in the beginning, but I see no problem with doing it now. Bob

Originally posted by ande the problem is pandoras box has opened there are now world records done by swimmers wearing the suits Would it be fair to remove these records from the books? Would it be fair to ban the suits and allow swimmers who aren't permitted to wear the suits to compete against the times of those who did? I suppose the same questions could be asked regarding various changes that have been made to the stroke rules over the years. The bottom line is that there are world records that have been set by swimmers wearing the suits, and there are world records that have been set by swimmers who weren't wearing the suits, suggesting that the suits (contrary to the manufacturers' claims) haven't made much difference (though who knows whether that will continue as the suits continue to be redesigned). I think it would have been better to have banned the suits in the beginning, but I see no problem with doing it now. Bob