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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SW 10.15 No pace-making shall be permitted, nor may any device be used or plan adopted which has that effect.
Gosh, this rule would be near impossible to enforce. All a swimmer has to do is simply look in the stands, for their are ten zillion ways to convey time information from people in the stands. I'd venture to say this rule is IMPOSSIBLE to enforce.
SW 10.15 No pace-making shall be permitted, nor may any device be used or plan adopted which has that effect.
Gosh, this rule would be near impossible to enforce. All a swimmer has to do is simply look in the stands, for their are ten zillion ways to convey time information from people in the stands. I'd venture to say this rule is IMPOSSIBLE to enforce.
