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.
Rick:
OK, you've made some good points. I wasn't thinking about this from the front end but on the back end. I can definitely see a $500 suit as a hindrance for a kid just starting out and looking to get his/her feet wet in the sport.
Rick:
OK, you've made some good points. I wasn't thinking about this from the front end but on the back end. I can definitely see a $500 suit as a hindrance for a kid just starting out and looking to get his/her feet wet in the sport.
