COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, September 30. THE USA Swimming House of Delegates, consisting of 438 coach, official and athlete members, voted to implement new swimsuit requirements, beginning on October 1. While this earlier implementation date has created some challenges, it was put in place to both avoid interrupting our short course season and protect the integrity of our competitions in the summer of 2010. <\/p>\n
The new swimsuit requirements are very specific and technical in nature, but deal primarily with silhouette and material of the suits.<\/p>\n
FINA will be the ultimate judge of which materials will be acceptable. However, in an effort to provide clearer guidance to its membership, USA Swimming asked the major suit manufacturers, in good faith, to indicate which of their suits meet the specified criteria. The list of those suits is below.<\/p>\n
Please note, none of these suits should be considered "FINA approved" until FINA issues its list of 2010 suits. Once FINA publishes its list, some of the suits below may no longer be acceptable.<\/p>\n
Reference List for Allowable Swimsuits<\/p>\n
ARENA
\nARENA X-FLAT
\na) Woman full body short leg open back
\nb) Woman Normal Suit (Classic)
\nc) Man Jammer
\nd) Man Brief<\/p>\n
ARENA POWERSKIN
\na) Woman full body short leg open
\nb) Woman Normal Suit (Classic)
\nc) Man Jammer<\/p>\n
ARENA POWERSKIN R-EVOLUTION
\na) Woman full body short leg open back
\nb) Man Jammer<\/p>\n
AgonSwim.com
\nThe following styles from Agonswim.com in the fabrics Paper, Streamline, Lycra, MaxResist, PolyRidge, Speedline, Duramax, Knit Polyester, PBT and Mesh meet the requirements.<\/p>\n
Male styles
\nBrief
\nBrief Euro
\nJammer
\nSplice Jammer
\nTraining suit
\nTraining suit euro<\/p>\n
Female styles
\nFreeback
\nFreeback Youth
\nKnee Length Proback
\nProback
\nSprintback
\nThinStraps
\nThin Straps Youth
\nThinStraps 1X
\nThin Straps 2X
\nU-Back
\nBikiniBack Top
\nBikiniBack Bottom<\/p>\n
BlueSeventy
\nWill provide a list when it is available<\/p>\n
Diana<\/p>\n
The below Diana suit models have received FINA approval
\nDiana Submarine 201M pants-short men
\nDiana Submarine 213W full-knee Women
\nDiana Submarine 243W full-knee women <\/p>\n
Rocket Science Sports
\nPart Number Name
\nSW-000-FU-O FU RACER – Open Back Women's
\nSW-000-FU-C FU RACER – Closed Back Women's
\nSM-000-FU-H FU RRACER – Hipster Men's
\nSM-000-FU-HW FU RCARER – High W Men's
\nSWK-001-LIGHT rocket Light K Women's
\nSW-001-LIGHT rocket Light Women's
\nSM-001-LIGHT rocket Light Men's
\nSW-002-ORBIT rocket ORBIT Women's
\nSM-002-ORBIT rocket ORBIT Men's
\nSW-003-FLIGHT rocket FLIGHT Women's
\nSM-003-FLIGHT rocket FLIGHT Men's
\nSMB-002 rocket BREIF Men's<\/p>\n
Tyr
\nFusion Racer (Style#RFUS6) 2006 Male
\nFusion Jammer (Style#SFUS6) 2006 Male
\nFusion Aeroback (Style#AFUS6) 2006 Female
\nFusion Aeroback Short John (Style#ASFU5) 2006 Female
\nTracer Light Racer (Style#TLRA6) 2007 Male
\nTracer Light Aeroback (Style#TLAB6) 2007 Female
\nTracer Light Aeroback Short John (Style#TLSJ6A) 2007 Female<\/p>\n
Speedo
\nSpeedo believes the following championship suits meet the criteria listed by USA Swimming.<\/p>\n
Speedo Fastskin FS Pro
\nFemale Recordbreaker, Style #7190803
\nFemale Kneeskin, Style #7190102
\nMale Jammer, Style #7050170<\/p>\n
Speedo Fastskin FSII
\nFemale Recordbreaker, Adult Style #7190142, Youth Style #7190141
\nMale Jammer, Adult Style #7050154, Youth Style #7050153
\nMale Brief, Adult Style #7055001<\/p>\n
Speedo Aquablade
\nFemale Recordbreaker, Adult Style #719040, Youth Style #719039
\nMale Jammer, Adult Style #705966, Youth Style #705965
\nMale Brief, Adult #705032, Youth Style #705031<\/p>\n
Please note, this list is not all-inclusive. Until such time as FINA publishes its list, swimsuits meeting the below criteria, should also be considered acceptable.<\/p>\n
1. Swimsuits for men may not extend above the navel or below the knee and for women may not cover the neck or extend past the shoulders or below the knee;<\/p>\n
2. No zippers or other fastening devices are allowed except for a waist tie on a brief or jammer; and<\/p>\n
3. Suits must be of textile material and must not be made of any rubberized type of material such as polyurethane or neoprene.<\/p>\n
If you have additional questions, please email comments@usaswimming.org.<\/p>\n
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