Sunday, March 30, 2008
Libby Trickett sets a WR in the 50 LCM Freestyle
She now owns both the 50 and the 100 LCM. Australian swimming is rising to great heights post the Ian Thorpe period led by names like Stephanie Rice, Eamon Sullivan, Emily Seebohm, Libby Trickett and the great Grant Hackett. Is the USA team as strong?
As the swimmers are introduced look at their physical profiles and note how strong and slender they look. Most of the above look thinner and stronger than any model ever produced at the "Vogue" or "Elle" secret DNA laboratories but some of these swimmers' "latssimus dorsi" muscle groups shake around like a fat lady's arm. I am convinced that the new Speedo Lazr is a ultimately a corset and the panels in between the "welded seams" are not fabric but rather what appears to be semi-rigid rubber. With that in mind the TYR Aquashift should not have been banned by FINA.
This quote from the LA Times has me wondering: "...One rare complaint, however, surfaced Wednesday at the trials in Australia. Jess Schipper said that the LZR filled with water as she competed in the 200-meter butterfly final and caused her to fade down the stretch. ..." [link]
Isn't water suppose to get into your swimsuit? If it can't, then isn't that using the air between your body and the suit to promote buoyancy? I think FINA may have a mess on their hands? Why does the TYR Aquashift and it's arm bands receive no FINA approval yet a quasi rigid LZR that has semi-rigid panels and resists water from crossing the seam/panel barrier get approval? That really disturbs me. All the Aquashift had were three trip lines or strings sewned into the fabric. The Speedo LZR has a rubber that has never been seen nor is it accessible.
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The TYR aquashit was rejected by FINA because of the fact that the armbands of the aquashift are not a part of the suite. the trip wires are irrelevant. there is a rule that competition suites must be one-peice. the Speedo fastskin was not banned (even though it uses some of the same technology as the aquashift to grip water) because the sleeves are attached to the rest of the suite body.
about air in the suite, acting to increase buoyancy... if water can get into the suite, dont you think that this means air must have left the suite? i think that schipper either is making excuses about her performance, or she is wearing the suite incorrectly.
When I read the FINA rules, they implicitly said, no extruding surfaces thus the trip wires were disallowed. The arm bands were an accessory I believe. Oh well, I am going to research it further.
Also, Schipper did more than imply that water entering the suit screwed her up. it was as she was stating that her skin is to remain dry.
GR 5.3 In swimming competitions the competitor must wear swimsuit in one or two pieces which shall not extend beyond the ankles, the wrists and the neck. No additional items, like arm bands or leg bands shall be regarded as parts of a swimsuit
GR 5.3 In swimming competitions the competitor must wear swimsuit in one or two pieces which shall not extend beyond the ankles, the wrists and the neck. No additional items, like arm bands or leg bands shall be regarded as parts of a swimsuit
Well, that shows me.
However I still need to look up if the trip wires were illegal.
Regular flat fabrics and exclusion of outside applications: the fabrics
used shall be regular and shall not form outstanding shapes or
structures, such as scales. No outside application shall be added on
the fabrics (use of different fabrics, see below). For the avoidance of
doubt, impregnation is not subject to limitation and paint can be used
for motives in regular and usual thickness. It is further clarified that:
the application of fabrics put on top of each other as a result of a
manufacturing/application process to combine the fabrics is
permitted provided that this remains in the usual thickness and
does not create outstanding shape(s) or structure(s).
Regular flat fabrics and exclusion of outside applications: the fabrics
used shall be regular and shall not form outstanding shapes or
structures, such as scales. No outside application shall be added on
the fabrics (use of different fabrics, see below). For the avoidance of
doubt, impregnation is not subject to limitation and paint can be used
for motives in regular and usual thickness. It is further clarified that:
the application of fabrics put on top of each other as a result of a
manufacturing/application process to combine the fabrics is
permitted provided that this remains in the usual thickness and
does not create outstanding shape(s) or structure(s).
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