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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What a happy coincidence for Speedo that the LZR is the only full body technical suit on the market that will be approved under the new guidelines. With the stroke of a pen, their competition is eliminated. Wonder how much they had to pay for that?
Gull...that's not a nice thing to say about the best darn swimsuit company in the world. You are starting to sound like Geek, come on now, we all know FINA wouldn't make rules that help speedo get rid of suits that are better than theirs...that people like better than theirs...that is just plan wrong for you to make those statements....;););)
What a happy coincidence for Speedo that the LZR is the only full body technical suit on the market that will be approved under the new guidelines. With the stroke of a pen, their competition is eliminated. Wonder how much they had to pay for that?
Gull...that's not a nice thing to say about the best darn swimsuit company in the world. You are starting to sound like Geek, come on now, we all know FINA wouldn't make rules that help speedo get rid of suits that are better than theirs...that people like better than theirs...that is just plan wrong for you to make those statements....;););)
