TECHSUITS BANNED (again): AP article on FINA ruling

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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  • A shocker: Speedo is upset. I do feel sorry for the effect of FINA's yoyo-ing on the suit manufacturers, including Speedo. But I think it is a little dishonest for Speedo to say "Speedo has always believed that there is no place in the sport for buoyancy aids." Maybe not as buoyant as the impermeable suits, but most people I know who have worn Speedos (from Fastskins on up) feel like they are buoyant, especially when dry. And why should buoyancy be forbidden any more than any other type of aid, such as compression? Yeah, that's BS. The LZR is buoyant. I'm sure the suit manufacturers will lose bucks, having designed and manufactured suits that they thought would be legal in 2010 based on FINA's previous guidelines ... I also agree with everything Greg Shaw said earlier. And I think my own experiments with the evilstroke will now end. I definitely don't love it enough to swim it without my B70. Pfftttt.
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  • A shocker: Speedo is upset. I do feel sorry for the effect of FINA's yoyo-ing on the suit manufacturers, including Speedo. But I think it is a little dishonest for Speedo to say "Speedo has always believed that there is no place in the sport for buoyancy aids." Maybe not as buoyant as the impermeable suits, but most people I know who have worn Speedos (from Fastskins on up) feel like they are buoyant, especially when dry. And why should buoyancy be forbidden any more than any other type of aid, such as compression? Yeah, that's BS. The LZR is buoyant. I'm sure the suit manufacturers will lose bucks, having designed and manufactured suits that they thought would be legal in 2010 based on FINA's previous guidelines ... I also agree with everything Greg Shaw said earlier. And I think my own experiments with the evilstroke will now end. I definitely don't love it enough to swim it without my B70. Pfftttt.
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