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Looks as if ALL "techsuits" are now illegal. Except for those wearing the suits at World Championships this year...
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Does anyone know how to translate FINA's permeability standard ("80l/m2/second") into familiar fabrics? I think an old-school lycra suit is much more permeable than, say, a Tracer Light.
As written it sounds like they would want to see 80 liters of water flow through 1 square meter of fabric per second.
I think no suit with a rubber-like coating will pass this test.
80 liters is about 20 gallons. I think this test would have to specify some amount of stretch in the fabric too - an unstretched fabric would have smaller pores and pass less water through it.
Does anyone know how to translate FINA's permeability standard ("80l/m2/second") into familiar fabrics? I think an old-school lycra suit is much more permeable than, say, a Tracer Light.
As written it sounds like they would want to see 80 liters of water flow through 1 square meter of fabric per second.
I think no suit with a rubber-like coating will pass this test.
80 liters is about 20 gallons. I think this test would have to specify some amount of stretch in the fabric too - an unstretched fabric would have smaller pores and pass less water through it.
