Some Aging Competitors Call High-Tech Swimsuits Dirty Pool
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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.
I think you're wrong. I think there were a lot of prominent coaches (not getting paid by Speedo) that hated the suits because they played havoc on their budgets. I'm sure there were plenty of parents of age groupers who felt the same way. I'm sure those people had a say in the ban. Whether cost SHOULD have been an issue for anybody is a different question. It shouldn't have been. But Speedo could not have gotten this through by itself, and it wasn't just the "purists" who made up the balance of the anti-suit lobby.
Boy has this thread gone off the rails!
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.
I think you're wrong. I think there were a lot of prominent coaches (not getting paid by Speedo) that hated the suits because they played havoc on their budgets. I'm sure there were plenty of parents of age groupers who felt the same way. I'm sure those people had a say in the ban. Whether cost SHOULD have been an issue for anybody is a different question. It shouldn't have been. But Speedo could not have gotten this through by itself, and it wasn't just the "purists" who made up the balance of the anti-suit lobby.
Boy has this thread gone off the rails!
