Coaches trying to get LEN and FINA to ban the Blue Seventy

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www.swimnews.com/.../6562 About time to ban this wetsuit.
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    Something puzzles me in this discussion about the Blue 70 -- You are able to glide further / faster underwater with the suit -- I think Rich did a test and he got an extra 4 feet - I have done this as well and I got an extra 3 feet. Also - for some reason the Breaststroker seem to get more benefit (maybe because they are under water longer ?). So it feels like you are floating higher and that is the argument by the coaches. Why would you be able to go further underwater if there is a flotation aid by the suit ? I did some push-offs today - 3 of them with maximum lung capacity and 3 of them without 1/2 (the max makes you float much more) - I ended up within 1 foot on all of them.
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  • Former Member
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    Something puzzles me in this discussion about the Blue 70 -- You are able to glide further / faster underwater with the suit -- I think Rich did a test and he got an extra 4 feet - I have done this as well and I got an extra 3 feet. Also - for some reason the Breaststroker seem to get more benefit (maybe because they are under water longer ?). So it feels like you are floating higher and that is the argument by the coaches. Why would you be able to go further underwater if there is a flotation aid by the suit ? I did some push-offs today - 3 of them with maximum lung capacity and 3 of them without 1/2 (the max makes you float much more) - I ended up within 1 foot on all of them.
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