www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../19679.asp
The most substantial change, of course, is that suits would no longer be allowed to extend past the knee.
My personal opinion is this is sort of an arbitrary change. What really should be changed--if anything--is what types of materials are allowed and maybe testing protocol to approve a suit. I don't really think requiring suits to end at the knees would affect much.
Would this mean that any records that currently exist and were set with suits that violate the new rules would be invalidated?
I can't imagine that would happen. I don't know of a single rule change in the history of the sport that invalidated current records.
Would this mean that any records that currently exist and were set with suits that violate the new rules would be invalidated?
I can't imagine that would happen. I don't know of a single rule change in the history of the sport that invalidated current records.
