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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Sunday's swim will be an open-water 2.5KM race in the Med sea.
I promise to ask judge his call on the wrist watch issue and let you know on Monday.
This is a FIN(A) race for competitive swimmers where Masters swimmers are invited to participate, so the rules should be rules... we'll see how they're interpreted!
Mary
Sunday's swim will be an open-water 2.5KM race in the Med sea.
I promise to ask judge his call on the wrist watch issue and let you know on Monday.
This is a FIN(A) race for competitive swimmers where Masters swimmers are invited to participate, so the rules should be rules... we'll see how they're interpreted!
Mary
