New rules announced today!
BBC
World swimming governing body Fina has moved to limit the impact of the controversial hi-tech swimsuits.
Last year saw an astonishing 108 world records broken, 79 of them by swimmers wearing one suit, the Speedo LZR Racer.
But following a three-day meeting in Dubai, Fina has stipulated swimsuits should not cover the neck and must not extend past the shoulders and ankles.
... opponents of the hi-tech suits argue the buoyancy they create amounts to "technological doping".
And matters came to a head in December when 17 world records tumbled at the European Short-Course Championships with the sight of swimmers squeezing into more than one suit in an attempt to compress their bodies and trap air for buoyancy dismaying many observers...
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Dolfin 2
Your definition of mechanization is wrong. And it does not apply to a swimsuit: To equip with machinery, or relating to or involving machines, or operated, produced or performed by machine. Boat yes, suit no.
And I'm sorry but no swimsuit will "compensate for the lack of swimming ability". The suit can't swim for you. Help with speed, yes, as do all tech suits. I do believe the argument isn't do they help, but how much?
Humans are not biologically designed to swim? Really? Hmm, what the heck have I been doing for exercise, health, and recreation for the past 28 years then? I must concede I do not live in the ocean, but I think I do OK. Along those same lines, I guess my dog can't swim either. Nope, haven't seen him in the pool once! (And no, I'm not buying my 100 lb German Shepherd a B70!)
Since you seem to have some time on your hands, why don't you write FINA a letter and suggest to them that they sanction races with paddles and fins? I bet some people would be all over it.
You just leave the tech suits to the serious competitive swimmers.
Dolfin 2
Your definition of mechanization is wrong. And it does not apply to a swimsuit: To equip with machinery, or relating to or involving machines, or operated, produced or performed by machine. Boat yes, suit no.
And I'm sorry but no swimsuit will "compensate for the lack of swimming ability". The suit can't swim for you. Help with speed, yes, as do all tech suits. I do believe the argument isn't do they help, but how much?
Humans are not biologically designed to swim? Really? Hmm, what the heck have I been doing for exercise, health, and recreation for the past 28 years then? I must concede I do not live in the ocean, but I think I do OK. Along those same lines, I guess my dog can't swim either. Nope, haven't seen him in the pool once! (And no, I'm not buying my 100 lb German Shepherd a B70!)
Since you seem to have some time on your hands, why don't you write FINA a letter and suggest to them that they sanction races with paddles and fins? I bet some people would be all over it.
You just leave the tech suits to the serious competitive swimmers.
