Swimming Rules and Time Conversions

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2009 FINA Approved Swimwear

FINA has released the first list of approved swimwear, valid until the end of 2009. There 202 approved swimsuits and 136 that need to be modified and resubmitted by June 19 if they are to be approved. There were 10 swimsuits that were rejected because they were too buoyant or too thick.

FINA's List of Officially Approved Swimsuits - The Official List of A…

FINA has released the first list of approved swimwear, valid until the end of 2009. There 202 approved swimsuits and 136 that need to be modified and resubmitted by June 19 if they are to be approved. There were 10 swimsuits that were rejected because they were too buoyant or too thick.

Swimming Time Standards Explained

For those of you familiar with time standards, like USA Swimming Top-16 Based Time Standards (B, BB, A, AA, etc.), this is nothing new. For those of you not familiar with them...