Caps, goggles, bodysuits, and shaving

[Chris]

I noticed that Alexander Popov isn't wearing a swimming cap in Barcelona--and certainly doesn't seem
to need one to swim fast. And the Russian winner of one of the semifinals in the women's 200
backstroke isn't wearing goggles. A back to basics movement? I'd like to see a long haired woman
swim without a cap.

There seem to be four types of caps being used: (1) silicone seamed caps, which have wrinkles down
the top of the head, (2) latex wavy edged caps (Australia--can't they afford silcone?), (3) a sort
of cap that looks like an unseamed silicone thing, with no wrinkles in the center when worn (e.g.,
Japan), which makes the wearer look bullet-headed, and (4) those fabric (nylon?) caps, worn by some
of the distance swimmers.

On another topic, wasn't the supposed reason for shaving that your skin would be more sensitive to
the subtle feel of the water? Don't bodysuits eliminate that? Or rather, expose it as a load of
****? I think the latter; but I think the supposed "advantages" of the "high tech" bodysuits are an
equal load of pseudo-scientific ****.

Is there a FINA rule against swimming in the nude?

 

[Steve Curtis]

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...."Is there a FINA rule against swimming in the nude?"

Don't know if FINA prohibits swimming competition in the nude, but ancient olympians routinely
competed in the nude in other events.

Steve Curtis

 

[Jill]

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> There seem to be four types of caps being used: (1) silicone seamed caps, which have wrinkles down
> the top of the head, (2) latex wavy edged caps (Australia--can't they afford silcone?), (3) a sort
> of cap that looks like an unseamed silicone thing, with no wrinkles in the center when worn (e.g.,
> Japan), which makes the wearer look bullet-headed, and (4) those fabric (nylon?) caps, worn by
> some of the distance swimmers.
>

Latex seems to give you the tightest fit among the materials. Lycra stretches out too quickly, and I
could only see wearing it if you're doing a very long swim in very warm water and worried about
overheating.

> Is there a FINA rule against swimming in the nude?

FINA costume rules:

http://www.fina.org/generalrules.html#COSTUMES

GR 6 COSTUMES

GR 6.1 The costumes of all competitors shall be in good moral taste and suitable for the individual
sports discipline and not to carry any symbol which may be considered offensive .

GR 6.2 All costumes shall be non‑transparent.

GR 6.3 The referee of a competition has the authority to exclude any competitor whose costume does
not comply with this Rule.

GR 6.4 Before any swimsuit of new design, construction or material is used in competition, the
manufacturer of such swimsuit must submit the swimsuit to FINA and obtain approval of FINA.

GR 6.5 The manufacturers must ensure that the approved new swimsuit will be available for all
competitors.

 

[David Wilson]

[email protected] (Steve Curtis) wrote in message
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> Previous post:
>
> ...."Is there a FINA rule against swimming in the nude?"
>
> Don't know if FINA prohibits swimming competition in the nude, but ancient olympians routinely
> competed in the nude in other events.
>
> Steve Curtis

Indeed. The word "gymnasium" derives from the Greek verb "gumnazein", to exercise naked, from
"gumnos", naked.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gymnasium

 

[Colin Priest]

GR 6.1 The costumes of all competitors shall be in good moral taste

"David Wilson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] (Steve Curtis) wrote in message
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> > Previous post:
> >
> > ...."Is there a FINA rule against swimming in the nude?"
> >
> > Don't know if FINA prohibits swimming competition in the nude, but ancient olympians
> > routinely competed in the nude in other events.
> >
> > Steve Curtis
>
> Indeed. The word "gymnasium" derives from the Greek verb "gumnazein", to exercise naked, from
> "gumnos", naked.
>
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gymnasium