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.
The reality is that there are plenty of spoiled young kids that will convince their parents to drop $100's on a new LZR to be just like Michael Phelps or the other Olympic champs. And some parents will be hoodwinked into believing that their child will not become the next great swimmer without the amazing suit!
Wow, you sure are incorrect. It's standard meet quipment for higher level age groupers these days and really has nothing to do with spoiled kids or naive parents.
I can spend what I want on my kids to equalize the playing field. Others can sit on the deck and whine about the unfairness of it all.
The reality is that there are plenty of spoiled young kids that will convince their parents to drop $100's on a new LZR to be just like Michael Phelps or the other Olympic champs. And some parents will be hoodwinked into believing that their child will not become the next great swimmer without the amazing suit!
Wow, you sure are incorrect. It's standard meet quipment for higher level age groupers these days and really has nothing to do with spoiled kids or naive parents.
I can spend what I want on my kids to equalize the playing field. Others can sit on the deck and whine about the unfairness of it all.
