I just looked at the men's 4x100 free relay final Sydney 2000. Old model textile suits of every style/description were everywhere. I don't recall there being a huge suit brouhaha at the time. (As far as I know few suggest that Ian Thorpe's records should have asterisks beside them.) This suggests to me that it is primarily the LZR and post-LZR innovations that have caused the problem. I thus don't understand why FINA didn't try to simply adopt rules to set the clock back a bit. This is where I would prefer masters to go (suits ok but approved textiles only) because like wookie and others I find the suit is the "shave alternative". If I had to shave to try to swim fast - and I would without the suit - it would significantly reduce my enjoyment of competition.
I just looked at the men's 4x100 free relay final Sydney 2000. Old model textile suits of every style/description were everywhere. I don't recall there being a huge suit brouhaha at the time. (As far as I know few suggest that Ian Thorpe's records should have asterisks beside them.) This suggests to me that it is primarily the LZR and post-LZR innovations that have caused the problem. I thus don't understand why FINA didn't try to simply adopt rules to set the clock back a bit. This is where I would prefer masters to go (suits ok but approved textiles only) because like wookie and others I find the suit is the "shave alternative". If I had to shave to try to swim fast - and I would without the suit - it would significantly reduce my enjoyment of competition.
