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This article was on yahoo today. sports.yahoo.com/.../news
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    So where does swimming go from here? Let's say at the Olympics umpteen world records are set by LZR-wearing swimmers. After the Olympics Speedo "invents" $800 fins that don't provide an advantage according to FINA. They just make the foot more slippery in the water and keep the foot in a super streamlined position. Again WRs are set by sponsored swimmers who wear them but not by those who do not. Arena "invents" $1,000 hand paddles that don't provide an advantage according to FINA but WRs are set by swimmers who............ Speedo "invents" a $1,500 blow hole device so a swimmer can breathe though the thing mounted on their back without ever turning his or her head. FINA says they don't provide an advantage but WRs are set by swimmers who.............. FINA decides: who needs swimmers? We'll train dolphins to do flip turns and relays in a pool. People will bet on the animals like they do at dog races. People will adopt dolphins that can no longer race because of injuries or age. FINA will get rich. Sounds like a idea for a Monty Python movie starring FINA --mjm
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    So where does swimming go from here? Let's say at the Olympics umpteen world records are set by LZR-wearing swimmers. After the Olympics Speedo "invents" $800 fins that don't provide an advantage according to FINA. They just make the foot more slippery in the water and keep the foot in a super streamlined position. Again WRs are set by sponsored swimmers who wear them but not by those who do not. Arena "invents" $1,000 hand paddles that don't provide an advantage according to FINA but WRs are set by swimmers who............ Speedo "invents" a $1,500 blow hole device so a swimmer can breathe though the thing mounted on their back without ever turning his or her head. FINA says they don't provide an advantage but WRs are set by swimmers who.............. FINA decides: who needs swimmers? We'll train dolphins to do flip turns and relays in a pool. People will bet on the animals like they do at dog races. People will adopt dolphins that can no longer race because of injuries or age. FINA will get rich. Sounds like a idea for a Monty Python movie starring FINA --mjm
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