From the updated "story":
In other news, U.S. Masters Swimming released the following statement regarding the impact of the FINA ruling on Masters in the U.S.
While FINA has listed the 202 approved swimsuits, FINA has NOT listed the 10 suits that have been "rejected for not passing the tests of buoyancy and/or thickness" or made a ruling on the "136 swimsuits to be modified in accordance with "Dubai Charter". Until FINA provides the definitive list of banned swimsuits and specific actions on the 136, we should not report any suit as banned in a USMS sanctioned event.
With FINA's policy of not releasing banned suit information, Masters swimers in the U.S. will likely be swimming in whatever suit they want until further notice.
Great statement/petition but you have to pay a small "tax" to sign it. :cool:
If USMS does this I feel it is a cop out.FINA is clearly saying that the not approved suits are banned.I am not saying that USMS needs to follow this.If we want to say suits that were OK on 1/1/09 are good until 12/31/09 then fine.Either agree with FINA or take a reasoned stand against them,don't pretend to not understand what they are saying(although some confusion on the 136 suits needing modification is in order I suppose.)
From the updated "story":
In other news, U.S. Masters Swimming released the following statement regarding the impact of the FINA ruling on Masters in the U.S.
While FINA has listed the 202 approved swimsuits, FINA has NOT listed the 10 suits that have been "rejected for not passing the tests of buoyancy and/or thickness" or made a ruling on the "136 swimsuits to be modified in accordance with "Dubai Charter". Until FINA provides the definitive list of banned swimsuits and specific actions on the 136, we should not report any suit as banned in a USMS sanctioned event.
With FINA's policy of not releasing banned suit information, Masters swimers in the U.S. will likely be swimming in whatever suit they want until further notice.
Great statement/petition but you have to pay a small "tax" to sign it. :cool:
If USMS does this I feel it is a cop out.FINA is clearly saying that the not approved suits are banned.I am not saying that USMS needs to follow this.If we want to say suits that were OK on 1/1/09 are good until 12/31/09 then fine.Either agree with FINA or take a reasoned stand against them,don't pretend to not understand what they are saying(although some confusion on the 136 suits needing modification is in order I suppose.)
