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Kjakið í seinastuni hevur týðiliga víst, at hóast nógv tala at superdraktunum, so er tað eisini tey sum halda at tær eiga at verða verandi. Her niðanfyri eru fimm argument av blogguni hjá Southern Aquatics Swim Scaq Swim Club, undir yvirskriftini “Why the suits must stay!”

1. Never in the history of swimming have there been so many multinational rivalries – the playing field has been leveled
2. Never in the history of swimming have there been as many televised swimming events both on cable and on the web
3. We have more than two major players now sponsoring meets and open water events – Speedsuit revenue generated these sponsorships
4. This isn’t your grandpa’s swimming any more and they have this new thingy called “goggles” too
5. Two words: snappy dressers! Just look at that handsome devil above taking flight in his manly TYR Tracer Light modesty suit!

Nøkur úttalilsi úr grein á SwimNews:

• Alain Bernard (fronsk superstjørna): “This decision will have serious consequences for swimming and us swimmers. FINA’s positions are contradictory and impossible to understand.”
• Denis Auguin (venjari hjá Bernard): “It is beyond comprehension. We will see swimmers going well beyond what they are capable of and rivaling the best in the world. It is a complete absurdity. World swimming is … the athletes not the incompetents in the FINA office in Lausanne.”
• Christian Donzé (franska svimjisambandið): “On one hand they ask us what we think of the idea of a return to textile … and on the other they approve the 100% polyurethane Jaked. That makes no sense.”
• Lionel Horter (franskur landsliðsvenjari): “What has become of our sport? What are the values and priorities of the people in charge? It is such a terrible mess. Protest at worlds? I will do all I can to ridicule FINA.”
• Jacco Verhaeren (hálendskur landsliðsvenjari): “It’s a nasty take of our sport. The first question that will be put to any winner in Rome will be ‘what suit are you wearing’ and the second one will be: ‘did you win because of your suit”. I am truly disturbed by this.”
• Helge Goedecke (avstralskur venjari): “I thought what we saw in Beijing would not happen again. And now look… Why is FINA falling over? Everyone has the problem now to have to test suits. But how are you supposed to test them if you can’t buy them.”
• Hugues Duboscq (franskur OL-heiðursmerkjavinnari): “I have a contract (adidas) that I will stick to. I am [skating] on ice. I will not wear a Jaked because I’d be too fast. The world championships are ruined … that’s not sport. It is [swimming] my passion, I’m not playing at it.”
• Bernard Moustie (umboð fyri Speedo): “If Michael Phelps gets pulverised by a second-wrung swimmer, that will be be a good slap for FINA.”
• Alan Thompson (avstralskur landsliðsvenjari): “I am extremely disappointed with the outcome.”
• Grant Stoelwinder (venjari hjá Eamon Sullivan): “I know what the Jaked’s capable of.”
• Forbes Carlile (avstralsk venjaralegenda): “By failing to speak up there are many in swimming who should hang their heads in shame over this disaster, which they have aided and abetted.”
• John Leonard (venjaraumboð hjá FINA): “Suffice it to say to you, the decision of the [FINA] Executive does not follow the decisions of the Suit Commission in any way. I will express myself (after some questions) in Rome, face to face with the Executive.”