New rules announced today!
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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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Hey gobear
I don't have to be an "expert" in evolutionary biology to know that in the scientifically recorded history of human existence (at least 20,000 years or even more), people were never biologically designed by nature as aquatic or amphibious creatures.
The proof is quite obvious: Try to stay under water for an indefinite period of time -or for at least 10 minutes. Or just dive into the fish tank at Marine World and see who survives for months or years.
By the way, the only part of present human evolution where competitive swimming is an inbred instinct is the sperm racing to be the first one to get to the egg. :bolt:
Dolphin 2
Hey gobear
I don't have to be an "expert" in evolutionary biology to know that in the scientifically recorded history of human existence (at least 20,000 years or even more), people were never biologically designed by nature as aquatic or amphibious creatures.
The proof is quite obvious: Try to stay under water for an indefinite period of time -or for at least 10 minutes. Or just dive into the fish tank at Marine World and see who survives for months or years.
By the way, the only part of present human evolution where competitive swimming is an inbred instinct is the sperm racing to be the first one to get to the egg. :bolt:
Dolphin 2
