Some Aging Competitors Call High-Tech Swimsuits Dirty Pool
Former Member
Wall Street Journal article: online.wsj.com/.../SB125721159786824325.html
Michael Mann of Centennial, Colo., flew past his opponents, swaddled shoulder-to-ankle in a black neoprene bodysuit. Mr. Mann, 55, won the 400-meter individual medley race and set a world record for his age group, 55 to 59. Mr. Mann set new world marks in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyle while Mr. Evans steamed.
i think in a lot of cases its just boils down to "some swimmer beats me and they were wearing a different suit than me that is the new top of the line technology. i hate when i get beat." its then easy to just go ahead and say you hate them for any of the miriad of reasons there are to hate the suits (cost, moral issues with "cheating", etc). Not saying that is the case with you Chris. with all the hatred towards the tech suit, i find myself wondering now why i wear one (on the rare occasions that i do...i have to draw a line. i dont show up to every meet in a tech suit, its only for a taper meet, maybe once or twice a year). for me, buying a b70 was just another step up on the technological suit ladder. a natural progression for me. the same way i turned in my regular practice suits for a paper suit and then the paper suit for an aquablade, and then from the aquablade to a FSI and then on the the FSII and from there to the b70. never really thought much of it.
i think in a lot of cases its just boils down to "some swimmer beats me and they were wearing a different suit than me that is the new top of the line technology. i hate when i get beat." its then easy to just go ahead and say you hate them for any of the miriad of reasons there are to hate the suits (cost, moral issues with "cheating", etc). Not saying that is the case with you Chris. with all the hatred towards the tech suit, i find myself wondering now why i wear one (on the rare occasions that i do...i have to draw a line. i dont show up to every meet in a tech suit, its only for a taper meet, maybe once or twice a year). for me, buying a b70 was just another step up on the technological suit ladder. a natural progression for me. the same way i turned in my regular practice suits for a paper suit and then the paper suit for an aquablade, and then from the aquablade to a FSI and then on the the FSII and from there to the b70. never really thought much of it.
