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To: Gil4

I guess you missed the male swimmers. The male swimmers are down to small strip of cloth on the bottom.

Maybe they should wear a onsie like the woman swimmers do so their chests are covered since it doesn’t difference.


157 posted on 08/15/2016 9:40:04 AM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: CaptainK
I guess you missed the male swimmers. The male swimmers are down to small strip of cloth on the bottom.

Actually, they are now wearing suits that look like biking shorts and end just above the knee. They normally wear something over the suit until they get ready to get in the water, and they put it back on after they dry off. When we go into the water, most of us were something that we wouldn't consider wearing on dry land, and really, the water itself has a bit of a covering effect.

You're really comparing apples to oranges with the two sports. The suit can have a measurable impact on races that are frequently decided by one or two hundredths of a second. If there was a similarly measurable impact on beach volleyball, the guys would all be in Speedos. It's not a performance issue, it's a fashion statement.

161 posted on 08/15/2016 10:02:18 AM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: CaptainK

No, they’re not. That is a falsehood.


213 posted on 08/15/2016 3:26:56 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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