latimes.com — FINA, the international governing body of swimming, is attempting to put the genie back in the bottle. The genie would be the high-tech swimsuits, starting with the well-known Speedo LZR Racer, that dominated the run-up to the Beijing Olympics last year, and the next generation of controversial successors.
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zemkaczFeb 22, 2009
No pictures? :(
fozefyFeb 22, 2009
Or why not just make them swim with just the basic speedo, get rid of the full body suit and its fixed! For the guys anyways, I guess you'd have to figure something else out for the women....though I suppose it would increase viewer rates!
tendonutFeb 22, 2009
So it would become a sport white people could actually be genetically superior at?
fedakFeb 22, 2009
This has *nothing* to do with stifling innovation or economic product competition- its about maintaining (or recovering) the integrity of the sport.Swimming already bans artificial devices that aid propulsion, limiting artificial devices that reduce water resistance is just the other side of the equation.
shazbuckleFeb 22, 2009
My coach won't let us buy LZR suits, simply because they can give an amateur swimmer the mindset that they don't need to work as hard because they have these super suits. The only people in my club who use them are sponsored with them and they only wear it once per year.
jbob2000Feb 22, 2009
It's just not as exciting then, and they end up wasting time and money promoting something nobody is watching.Like woman's basketball. *ducks*
kelyarFeb 24, 2009
I guess, fina just doesn't want to lose money from all companies like speedo that do these suits.