After much debate, bringing swimming (swimwear actually) into conversations around the dining table, water cooler, on the pool deck, as well as in the national and international media, FINA finalized their approved swimsuit list. Personally, I spend my money on camera gear, but for those interested - and there are many of you I know - I've include below the 2010 approved swimsuit list in full. Akron Diamond 117 WELS classic women AQUAZONE Q-gold QGOLD-FTOB classic women AQUAZONE Q-gold QGOLD-FTOBS classic women AQUAZONE R2 R2-FTOB classic women Arena Italia S.p.A. Powerskin Version A classic men Arena Italia S.p.A. Powerskin Version A classic women Arena Italia S.p.A. Powerskin Version A pants-short men Arena Italia S.p.A. Powerskin Version A full-knee ...

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This just in from U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS):  The FINA Masters Committee has recommended that the FINA Bureau, meeting in mid-January, approve its recommendation that Masters swimmers be governed by the same swimsuit rules as the elite pool swimmers. If the Bureau approves the committee's recommendation, it is anticipated it would go into effect after the Bureau meeting. If this recommendation becomes policy with the FINA Bureau, USMS will implement it for our sanctioned swim meets.   For the time being and until the FINA Bureau issues its policy for Masters, the June 1, 2009 ruling that allowed technical suits in USMS swim meets is still in effect. If you choose to compete in a USA Swimming sanctioned meet, you ...

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