Fina cracks down on hi-tech suits

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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... Article
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    As a non-swimmer yourself, I trust you know this from personal experience. Stop dodging - club name!!! Geek...he won't tell you his supposed team name. He is afraid that someone that is actually on the team he names will call BS on him. See, everytime you ask him, he hears chicken's clucking around him.
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  • Former Member
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    As a non-swimmer yourself, I trust you know this from personal experience. Stop dodging - club name!!! Geek...he won't tell you his supposed team name. He is afraid that someone that is actually on the team he names will call BS on him. See, everytime you ask him, he hears chicken's clucking around him.
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