Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it better? (2012)

Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by nl on Monday August 09, 2021 @02:59AM (#28113445)

But 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_result...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arena_X-Glide#Controversy

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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by sandworm101 on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:58AM (#28116900)

One of perhaps a dozen rules. The one rule that was tightened in a sea of rules being loosened.

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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by nl on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:53AM (#28117681)

Restricting underwater distance in butterfly was one that slowed swimmers a lot.

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