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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Mary,
Is the swim open water? I heard on BBC World that open water swimming has become the thrid most popular overall sport in Europe, even higher in Italy. Does this mean that now that Americans are really playing soccer, Europeans might abandon it?
Also, the first protestant church in Italy was in Venice. It was started by a man from Galesburg. His name was Price. He helped Gharibaldi during the unification. It, unfortuneatly wasn't Lutheran. It was sort of Congregational/Anglican. I believe it is stillinthe British conculate there.
Mary,
Is the swim open water? I heard on BBC World that open water swimming has become the thrid most popular overall sport in Europe, even higher in Italy. Does this mean that now that Americans are really playing soccer, Europeans might abandon it?
Also, the first protestant church in Italy was in Venice. It was started by a man from Galesburg. His name was Price. He helped Gharibaldi during the unification. It, unfortuneatly wasn't Lutheran. It was sort of Congregational/Anglican. I believe it is stillinthe British conculate there.
