Not sure if it's the suit, the Olympic year, or a combo of both - but I do get the impression that the LZR racer is the fastest suit out there. It's not yet available, but I am sure some people will pull some strings and show up with the suit in Austin.
I think we should all agree to ban the suit from Austin and spread the word to everybody. I know it's not binding - but I think we are all "old enough" to work on the honor system.
Any thoughts ?
And the only agrument I am hearing for not banning the suits is that it isn't fair because 99% of the swimmers there would not be able to get one. I think it is crazy to even think about proposing a rule to ban the suits at Nationals - not to mention logisitically impossible at this point in time. The initial thread also said nothing about creating a rule just everyone giving their word that they would not use one.
My assumption (right or wrong) is that the initial poster said this because they think it is unfair that some people will be able to get suits and others won't. I do not think that is a logical argument. I could maybe buy it IF FINA was retesting the suit and not sure if it truly was legal. I don't see that happening (at least them all of a sudden finding the suit illegal). That is the only way I could see disallowing the suits.
TYR had a couple of products awhile back the ended up being banned. IF records were set using the arms bands (I don't think any were) I believe as long as they were used while the product was considered "legal" then they should still stand.
And the only agrument I am hearing for not banning the suits is that it isn't fair because 99% of the swimmers there would not be able to get one. I think it is crazy to even think about proposing a rule to ban the suits at Nationals - not to mention logisitically impossible at this point in time. The initial thread also said nothing about creating a rule just everyone giving their word that they would not use one.
My assumption (right or wrong) is that the initial poster said this because they think it is unfair that some people will be able to get suits and others won't. I do not think that is a logical argument. I could maybe buy it IF FINA was retesting the suit and not sure if it truly was legal. I don't see that happening (at least them all of a sudden finding the suit illegal). That is the only way I could see disallowing the suits.
TYR had a couple of products awhile back the ended up being banned. IF records were set using the arms bands (I don't think any were) I believe as long as they were used while the product was considered "legal" then they should still stand.
