I attended an open water swim competition this past weekend and about 80% of the swimmers were wearing wrist watches. This meet was USMS sanctioned/recognized as all competitors had to be registered USMS members. None of the approximately 550 swimmers were disqualified for wearing wrist watches. I thought timing devices were not allowed but couldn't find wrist watches specifically mentioned in the open-water swimming rules. Could someone clarify this and/or point me in the right direction as to where this is addressed in the rules.
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Some of the competitors were wearing heart rate monitors which looked like wrist watches. Wouldn't a heart rate monitor fall into the category of pacing device? Are they allowed at a USMS sactioned open water competition?
Some of the competitors were wearing heart rate monitors which looked like wrist watches. Wouldn't a heart rate monitor fall into the category of pacing device? Are they allowed at a USMS sactioned open water competition?
