Faster Swimming Sinks High-Tech Speed Suits
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Swimmers broke many records this week at the world championships in Rome. But there was the
swimsuit issue.
FINA is the group that governs swimming. On Tuesday, its officers accepted a decision by FINA members
to ban high-tech swimsuits next year.
Full-body suits first appeared in the two thousand Summer Olympics. But in Rome, German swimmer
Paul Biedermann said the growing attention to the issue made him mad. "It's all about the suits. It's not
about the swimmer anymore."