posted by admin on Jun 8
FINA, the global governing body on swimming competitions, is now facing a legal suit filed by a customer swimwear company whose swimsuits were not approved by the former for the upcoming World Championships.
Blueseventy has reportedly filed the legal action in a Switzerland court last Thursday. According to the suit, the FINA’s new procedures to test swimsuits were “unfair.” It was the company who designed the revolutionary “nero comp” swimwear worn by David Davies of Great Britain. Davies broke the national 400 freestyle record last March.
FINA released a list of about 200 approved swimwear designs last month. There were nearly 350 custom swimwear designs submitted by manufacturers. These items underwent tests for buoyancy and fabric thickness by scientists.
Ten of those suits were rejected automatically while the other 136, including those from Blueseventy, were advised to undergo changes first. The companies were given a month to do the modifications. However, the custom swimwear company made numerous requests to FINA to clarify what modifications must be done considering that their swimwear passed the buoyancy and thickness tests.
FINA came out with new regulations following the controversy over sudden influx of world records being broken by swimmers who wore advanced swimsuits.
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