FINA Annoucement on Swimsuits

PR37 - FINA COMMISSION FOR SWIMWEAR APPROVAL
19 May 2009

The FINA Commission in charge of the swimwear approval, formed by representatives of the FINA Executive, FINA Technical Swimming Committee, FINA Coaches Commission, FINA Athletes Commission, and FINA Legal Councillor had a meeting on May 18, 2009 in Lausanne (SUI) and after reviewing 348 swimsuits from 21 manufacturers forwarded its proposal to the FINA Executive, who decided the following:

 -202 swimsuits approved;

 -10 swimsuits rejected for not passing the tests of buoyancy and/or thickness;

 -136 swimsuits to be modified in accordance with "Dubai Charter" rule 3.1 c), as they don't fulfill the requirement stating that "swimsuit material shall not be constructed to or include elements/systems which create air/water trapping effects during use". The manufacturers have now a deadline of maximum 30 days (until June 19, 2009) to resubmit the same swimsuit for FINA approval, with the corresponding corrections ("Dubai Charter" rule 4.3 d).

The complete list of approved swimsuits (valid until December 31, 2009) can be found on the FINA official website at www.fina.org 

The complete list can be found online here:
http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2389&Itemid=9