(Olympic Swimming) Is the use of Racing Bodysuits ethical?

[Mistershine]

NJ5 said:

Mistershine said:

NJ5 said:
Imagine someone made a suit which contained energy in some form which helped propel the swimmers. Would that be illegal under the current rules? That's clearly the kind of thing which shouldn't be allowed, yet I'm not sure of how far the current suits are from that.

 

There's a difference between a propulsion system and improving the effiency of a swimmer.

I agree that there's a difference, my question is whether the rules account for that difference. I imagine the difference could be almost unnoticeable for someone without extensive knowledge of how these suits work.

Maybe it's not a big deal with current technology, but it could be in the future.

 

 

 I think these suits are comparible to fuel injection in cars. Not an additional power source as such, but maximising the existing capabilities of the engine.