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TECHSUITS BANNED (again): AP article on FINA ruling

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enews.earthlink.net/.../top Looks as if ALL "techsuits" are now illegal. Except for those wearing the suits at World Championships this year...
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  • Hello, I'm a master swimmer form Europe, can you tell where did you get the info that FINA rules (this one?) don't apply to masters. I must say this surprises me, but so does going back to the previous century rules (1994-96?!). As a disclaimer I must say I own a swim shop. From this it is my experience that swimmers with strong legs (mostly master swimmers) have a problem with jammer as they get to tight from the elastic just above the knee, this problem does not happen with legskins (no problem at the ankle). Regards VC22 Absolutely agree on the latter point. This is one reason I detest knee skins. I believe it was the Press Secretary of FINA that made the statement that FINA standards do not apply to masters. According to FINA, they had no intention of regulating suits for masters as we are of such lesser importance. (See Craig Lord on swimnews.com) And, indeed, during the two month or so FINA/USA ban on tech suits based on the first list, masters continued to wear their LZRs and B70s in masters meets and their ensuing WRs continued to be accepted by FINA.
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  • Hello, I'm a master swimmer form Europe, can you tell where did you get the info that FINA rules (this one?) don't apply to masters. I must say this surprises me, but so does going back to the previous century rules (1994-96?!). As a disclaimer I must say I own a swim shop. From this it is my experience that swimmers with strong legs (mostly master swimmers) have a problem with jammer as they get to tight from the elastic just above the knee, this problem does not happen with legskins (no problem at the ankle). Regards VC22 Absolutely agree on the latter point. This is one reason I detest knee skins. I believe it was the Press Secretary of FINA that made the statement that FINA standards do not apply to masters. According to FINA, they had no intention of regulating suits for masters as we are of such lesser importance. (See Craig Lord on swimnews.com) And, indeed, during the two month or so FINA/USA ban on tech suits based on the first list, masters continued to wear their LZRs and B70s in masters meets and their ensuing WRs continued to be accepted by FINA.
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