Comments on: FINA Opts to Ban All High-Tech Swimsuits

By: Andy Ayres

Andy Ayres — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 06:47:34 +0000

This is annoying. I want to buy a legskin because they look cool and nowhere makes them anymore

By: matty ice

matty ice — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:50:25 +0000

i got a suit last summer then they got banned with no reason

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:04:35 +0000

this is a great thing for them to do but havving thies tectnologicly advanced suits shout be banned for compitions but i do not thing swimmers who used them to get a world record should be stripped of there tital because its a world record not a compition so it shouldnt matter in a world record. however i do belive it is unfair for swimmers who compeat should use them because it does give them an unfair advantage in the race.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:04:18 +0000

The playing field will never be level, no matter what. And a technology such as this one will never be equally available to all unless they start shipping them out for free. It’s hypocritical to bring to light drug use and the technology of the swimsuit, when technology is in every aspect of every sport. Training programs which have been deemed most effective in research studies are a product of scientific investigation, nutrition supplements. The athlete, team, or country with the most money will always have the best coaching and funding, and will always take home the most wins.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:54:35 +0000

Three words FINA : wooden golf clubs.

By: jeb

jeb — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:43:37 +0000

why doesn’t pina just give us all the same suit to ware in meets?

By: Ell

Ell — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:51:25 +0000

this is an utter joke, why do they decide to ban them now, u cant just ban virtually every swimsuit possible for the men, think of the companies that make them, they will make less profit and those companies will go bankrupt eventually, causing loss of job and not at least thanking the governmet enough for wat they did but dont add more to the finicial crisis, and if it was decided in USA leave the ban in the US but leave the other countries alone, we were happy with the way it was before, ban the LZR sure but everything below the knee and above waist is just stupid. Not all of these suits will have hydrophobic layers just because there is more , surface area on the suit, what about these suits that dont have the technology to do that, just banning those is out of order.
Plz hust consider this cause im pretty annoyed cause i bought some just last night and was told the next day i could use the for 1 month and they are fs2 indents, thats £90 down the drain thank you very much America

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:46:03 +0000

Im fine with them banning full body suits but what is so wrong with having full legskins, getting rid of the upper body parts of mens suits surely is more important!!!
KEEP LEGSKINS FOR MEN!!
Suits like the FSII should not be rid of, this is such a joke!

By: HC

HC — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:07:59 +0000

Funny how the U.S. and Australia weren’t complaining when their atheletes wore the Speed LZR suits and won medals at Beijing, but now that the other athletes and nations have better suits, it’s Michael Phelps and the U.S. and Australia crying foul since the Speedo is now outdated.

Hypocrisy at it’s best by the arrogant americans again. It’s fine if your suit is the best there huh? But when other people wear better suits than yours it should be banned?

By: Debra Fichtner

Debra Fichtner — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:26:57 +0000

at least now we will see the ability of the athlete and all the training, not the ability of the suit