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.
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The below the knee thing is strange. Frankly, the full leg suit is more comfortable to wear than the knee suit. The elastic around the knee in the shorter suits (at least the various Fastskins I've used) cut into the leg in a painful way! This is less of a problem around the ankle.
Strange proposal, but I like the part at the end about suits needing to be universally available for 12 mos. prior.
The below the knee thing is strange. Frankly, the full leg suit is more comfortable to wear than the knee suit. The elastic around the knee in the shorter suits (at least the various Fastskins I've used) cut into the leg in a painful way! This is less of a problem around the ankle.
Strange proposal, but I like the part at the end about suits needing to be universally available for 12 mos. prior.
