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Swimming rules have also been progressively eased to help keep the records falling. Flip turns in backstroke. Relay dives. More aggressive dive blocks. The
by sandworm101 5y ago
Swimming rules have also been progressively eased to help keep the records falling. Flip turns in backstroke. Relay dives. More aggressive dive blocks. The new breaststroke kick. Lots of little thing mean constant trend, constant records dropping.
- nl 5y agoBut restrictions on swimsuit material have gone the other way. There were a bunch of records set using non-permeable suits in 2008-2009 that will take year to break again after FINA introduced the "textile material" rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZR_Racer#Marketing_and_results https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZR_Racer#Marketing_and_result... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_X-Glide#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_X-Glide#Controversy
- sandworm101 5y agoOne of perhaps a dozen rules. The one rule that was tightened in a sea of rules being loosened.
- nl 5y agoRestricting underwater distance in butterfly was one that slowed swimmers a lot.