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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A Modest Proposal re tech suits versus 'traditional' ones:
Small change cubicles be erected behind the starting blocks (about the size of porta potties, with a door on timers' side and one opening onto the block). Swimmers enter pool deck clad only in terry cloth robes and place their choice of suit inside their changing cubicle. When the gun goes they enter their cubicle, close the door and change into their chosen suit. When they are ready individually they open the door onto their blocks and start their race, first to the finish line wins. In European races I'm sure the suit options could include no suit at all.
A Modest Proposal re tech suits versus 'traditional' ones:
Small change cubicles be erected behind the starting blocks (about the size of porta potties, with a door on timers' side and one opening onto the block). Swimmers enter pool deck clad only in terry cloth robes and place their choice of suit inside their changing cubicle. When the gun goes they enter their cubicle, close the door and change into their chosen suit. When they are ready individually they open the door onto their blocks and start their race, first to the finish line wins. In European races I'm sure the suit options could include no suit at all.
