Swimming: Australia team unhappy with suits

SYDNEY: Most of the Australian swimming team are not happy with the official swimsuit they are expected to compete in at this year’s London Olympics. Sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell expressed their dissatisfaction with the Elite Fastskin Pro suit presented to the team. “I think there are about two people on the team who are happy with the suit,” Bronte Campbell told The Sydney Morning Herald. “I think most of the team is happy with the older suit.” Swimsuits caused an uproar at the 2009 Rome world championships when swimmers wearing high-tech polyurethane swimsuits set a total of 43 world records at the meet, leading to their ban by head body Fina in favour of garments made from textiles.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 30^th, 2012.