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.
I think these suits help the swimmer swim faster. Some suits are faster than other suits. I'm sure any suit is faster than just briefs or why would a swimmer wear it. Why can't swimmers swim against each other instead of swimmers swimming against the suits of other competitors?
Not much usually bugs me, but I am sooooooo sick of this topic and wish it would stop popping to the top of the forum.
To all you Luddites who want to ban these suits: next time you go to the pool, please:
leave your goggles,
your nylon suits,
your lycra suits,
your buoys,
your paddles,
your caps,
your fins,
your kickboards,
your stretch cords,
your tempo timers,
EVERYTHING
BEHIND ... show up and swim as nature intended you to.
In the meantime while you find yourself a lawyer to defend you in your public indeceny trial, please answer this: At what point in time did the technology of the day NOT contribute to swimmers going faster than they did with the previous technology? That's the whole point.
I think these suits help the swimmer swim faster. Some suits are faster than other suits. I'm sure any suit is faster than just briefs or why would a swimmer wear it. Why can't swimmers swim against each other instead of swimmers swimming against the suits of other competitors?
Not much usually bugs me, but I am sooooooo sick of this topic and wish it would stop popping to the top of the forum.
To all you Luddites who want to ban these suits: next time you go to the pool, please:
leave your goggles,
your nylon suits,
your lycra suits,
your buoys,
your paddles,
your caps,
your fins,
your kickboards,
your stretch cords,
your tempo timers,
EVERYTHING
BEHIND ... show up and swim as nature intended you to.
In the meantime while you find yourself a lawyer to defend you in your public indeceny trial, please answer this: At what point in time did the technology of the day NOT contribute to swimmers going faster than they did with the previous technology? That's the whole point.
