My understanding is that the B70 Nero Comp is no longer 'legal' but the PointZero3 is still 'legal', am I wrong?
Paul, unless you're seing something I'm not there are no Blue 70 suits on this list at all. The only question now is how quickly will USMS react to this announcement? Although its doubtful that USMS would follow FINA and not allow the recognition of any records set while swimming in a banned suit they certainly could.
...My suggestion is that if you're a masters swimmer going after any world records you shouldn't be using a suit that is not approved.
By the way...good take on this whole deal here:
scaq.blogspot.com/.../usa-today-fina-to-announce-approved.html
USA Today: "FINA to announce approved swimsuit list!"
Attention FINA: If a FINA staff member is being paid by a suit manufacturer, they should not be allowed on a FINA commission deciding which suits get to stay and which suits have to go.
From USA Today: "... LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Swimming's governing body was preparing to announce Tuesday which high-tech racing suits will be approved for this year's world championships.
The list has been created by a special commission which included national team head coaches Mark Schubert of the United States and Australia's Alan Thompson. ..." more
Except that when this whole 'retesting' thing began, I thought that suits introduced in 2007 and before were not going to be retested in Phase 1 so would still be legal until 1 Jan 2010. Apparently that is incorrect.
Except that when this whole 'retesting' thing began, I thought that suits introduced in 2007 and before were not going to be retested in Phase 1 so would still be legal until 1 Jan 2010. Apparently that is incorrect.
That is what I thought too, which would explain why (say) the Tyr Aquapel isn't on the list. But then why would the Fastskin or Aquablade be on it?
Someone commented on floswimming that the list mentions the "LZR Racer Pro." I don't think Speedo has ever used the word "Pro" in the LZR before. So is this the current LZR model or a different one? Hmmm.
Didn't USMS announce that they would automatically follow FINAs ruling on the suits? Seems to me the B70 is effectively dead for masters competition as of today.
As far as the Tyr suits, I suspect those are internal names and they market the suits using "pretty names." Probably Tyr needs to clarify which of their suits is legal now.
Is the FS Pro legskin legal or not? I would assume it is legal since every other Pro is legal.
It isn't listed, which would be odd (since the full suit is approved) but I wonder if it is a typo: it looks like the FS-Pro "full" is listed twice although there are two different identification numbers associated with it.
"i'm surprised you folks are suprised by this announcement." says chaos in his endurance square leg.
Exactly...we all knew it was coming. However I think the surprise is in what made it and what didn't.
So it looks like a slew of FINA world records (not masters) just got flushed down the toilet!
FYI...6 of the 8 finalists in the 50 free in Charlotte including Fred (21.2) were wearing the banned Jaked suits.
FYI...6 of the 8 finalists in the 50 free in Charlotte including Fred (21.2) were wearing the banned Jaked suits.
so the J03 on the list isn't the suit that those guys were wearing???
and anyone else notice a whole product line under speedo called the "flying fish"?
My understanding is that the B70 Nero Comp is no longer 'legal' but the PointZero3 is still 'legal', am I wrong?
Since it was a pre-2007 suit, I thought that it was grandfathered in for 2009 as well. That's not clear from the list but hopefully somebody can clarify.
