CBDA Bans Tech Suits for Youth Brazilian Swimmers

Jul 18, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Joanna Maranhao of Brazil (top) dives in at the start of the women's swimming 200m individual medley preliminary heats during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports

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Following many LSCs in the United States, the Brazilian Confederation of Aquatic Sports (CBDA) has banned high-performance tech suits for youth swimmers.

The latest on the American tech-suit bans can be found here, in an interview with Stu Isaac, who is serving as a consultant for USA Swimming as it tries to find a solution to the tech-suits-for-age-groupers issue.

For Brazilian age groupers, Director of Sports for the CBDA Renato Cordani explained the organization’s goals in banning the suits. The rule was put in place to create a more level playing field for the swimmers and decrease swimming expenses.

“We believe that this measure could contribute to the democratization of swimming, with a consequent increase in the base, which we hope will bear fruit if not in this, at least in the next Olympic cycles,” Cordani said.

Additionally, the CBDA hopes the switch will help improve mental training and confidence in young swimmers. Cordani said he wants swimmers to know that training, not a tech suit, makes a swimmer fast and disciplined.

The full press release, in its original Portuguese, can be found here.

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