FINA to Review New Suits June 3

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 16. ACCORDING to Associated Press reports, FINA has scheduled a special swimwear approval meeting for June 3 where all of the manufacturers will have a shot to get their new suits approved prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

"We have approval meetings every three months, but we are having a special meeting June 3 for those manufacturers that have not yet submitted suits, so they have time to produce them before the Olympics," FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu told the Associated Press on Friday.

The decision to hold the emergency meeting came after a closed-door conversation at FINA that took place on Wednesday.

Full text of Associated Press article.

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