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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I have a question. I just got my Blue70 and tried it out today in the pool for 10 min. to see what it feels like.
I've always had kind of a "sway back", so as soon as I got in today I could feel air inside the suit in my lower back. It was like a pretty big air bubble stuck inside. It was there the whole 10 minutes. (Trapped I guess from the design of the suit!)
Will this help me or hinder me? :confused:I want to wear this suit at Y Nat's.
I have a question. I just got my Blue70 and tried it out today in the pool for 10 min. to see what it feels like.
I've always had kind of a "sway back", so as soon as I got in today I could feel air inside the suit in my lower back. It was like a pretty big air bubble stuck inside. It was there the whole 10 minutes. (Trapped I guess from the design of the suit!)
Will this help me or hinder me? :confused:I want to wear this suit at Y Nat's.
