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.
Cost had nothing to do with the ban. Speedo was eclipsed by other manufacturers, which is when the tech suit "problem" surfaced (pun intended). Now the company may rightfully take back its place at the top of the swimming world.
Exactly how I feel too. I have to believe a lot of the decisions FINA made were made with
SPeedo's interests in mind. Bowman and Schubert throw up a stink about the tech suit problem when the arenas and the jakeds and the b70s were allowed in competition, after praising the lzr months before as the new direction for swimming. Now as you point out, speedo can reassert it's dominance in the suit world.
Cost had nothing to do with the ban. Speedo was eclipsed by other manufacturers, which is when the tech suit "problem" surfaced (pun intended). Now the company may rightfully take back its place at the top of the swimming world.
Exactly how I feel too. I have to believe a lot of the decisions FINA made were made with
SPeedo's interests in mind. Bowman and Schubert throw up a stink about the tech suit problem when the arenas and the jakeds and the b70s were allowed in competition, after praising the lzr months before as the new direction for swimming. Now as you point out, speedo can reassert it's dominance in the suit world.
