USA Swimming
Statement on May 19, 2009 FINA Ruling (5/20/2009)
FINA released
its list of approved swimsuits on May 19, 2009, which
included 202 suits approved for competition.
The list can be viewed on FINA’s
Web site.
USA Swimming will follow the FINA ruling
made Tuesday in Lausanne, Switzerland. As the World Governing
Body for our sport, we rely on FINA to provide adequate testing and
judgment on which suits can and cannot be used in competition.
Certainly, such legislation has an effect on our more than 2,800
club teams and the athletes they represent. We want to assure our
membership that we are reviewing the recent legislation and will
soon provide an update on how this might affect swimming at the
club level. We appreciate your patience as we work to provide
complete and accurate information on this topic.
USA Swimming
has not yet taken any action with respect to the published list of
approved suits and will not do so until after the Rules &
Regulations Committee meeting scheduled for May
29-30. Following that meeting, a formal announcement will be
made regarding how the approved list will affect USA Swimming and
its rules & regulations.
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