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 wish people hadn't exploited a loophole in the rules with this 2-3 suit phenomenon. This is making the furor much worse. I've heard from several people that the swimmers in Europe breaking all the records are clad in three suits. I love tech suits, but I find this ridiculous.
I wish people hadn't exploited a loophole in the rules with this 2-3 suit phenomenon. This is making the furor much worse. I've heard from several people that the swimmers in Europe breaking all the records are clad in three suits. I love tech suits, but I find this ridiculous.
