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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Say you want to take the top down (as men often do) to keep the straps from digging into your shoulders while you wait for your next race, but you don't want the (literal) PITA of taking the whole suit off.
I've always been jealous that men can just whip their suit down or take it off immediately. I often go in the locker room to take the top half of the suit down and put on a t shirt.
Say you want to take the top down (as men often do) to keep the straps from digging into your shoulders while you wait for your next race, but you don't want the (literal) PITA of taking the whole suit off.
I've always been jealous that men can just whip their suit down or take it off immediately. I often go in the locker room to take the top half of the suit down and put on a t shirt.
