Why were full bodysuits banned

Julien Debris. Charlotte Cusachs Bujoreanu. Wyatt Fate. Bruno Fratus. Bruno Fratus we have to buy the suits the team requires, not a choice. Christopher Sykes. Those were awesome. Jonna Waller. Karen Diamond Eckhart.

Rick Parker. Trea Nget. Diane Pavelin. Tasha McGill. Charlie Lownes. Rob Duguay. Anett Regos-Pecsi. Hell no!!! It was freaking long time to get into? Lynette Besonday-Washburn. The confusion over what is and isn't allowed has also seen swimmers subjected to suit inspections prior to races and seen some apparent world records denied because the suit worn hadn't been approved. COP26 urges coal curbs, faster climate action in third draft text. Bushfire victims' fury over Australia's climate change moves.

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Follow SBS News to join in the conversation and never miss the latest live updates. Stay informed with the SBS News app. Skip to content Primary Navigation Show menu Hide menu. Since then, some swimmers, including Phelps , have been competing in the older, textile, navel-to-knee-length suits for men, and in textile, shoulder-to-knee-length suits for women.

Phelps and other USA team members have already started high-altitude training in Colorado. Leading competitive swimwear manufacturer Speedo issued a press release about the ban earlier this year, supporting the July 28, , FINA ruling, saying that the recent introduction of percent non-permeable buoyant wetsuits and their impact on performance has "cast a shadow over the sport" and "put swimmers in a very compromising position.

Their decision today is not unexpected as a means of calling a halt to the confusion and controversy that has been created as a result of the introduction by some manufacturers of fully non-permeable buoyant wetsuits," the statement read. Yet Brennan says swimwear manufacturers are partially to blame.

Swimwear manufacturers have connections to members of swimming governing bodies, she said. There wasn't any procedure to evaluate them scientifically," Olsen said. Brennan said she doesn't expect any damage to be done to Phelps' legacy, since he will still be seen as a great athlete. But, she said, people might be confused.