[Bratch]

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"It's not that we are opposed to science, but we want the performance on the athletes to be gauged on their hard work, on what they're able to accomplish without technological aids, specifically swimsuits," said Chuck Wielgus, executive director of USA Swimming. "The swimming suit manufacturers are always pushing the envelope, and that's understandable, and then they become sponsors of governing bodies. This is what happens in Washington D.C., right, with our government?"

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This man might have a future in a Trump Administration.

[AndyJackson]

It's not that we are opposed to science, but we want the performance on the athletes to be gauged on their hard work, on what they're able to accomplish without technological aids, specifically swimsuits

This is a profoundly ignorant statement, unless he is arguing that Olympic athletes return to the "old" practices, where they competed in the nude.

Technology advances. Should a pole vaulter not use the latest carbon fiber vaulting pole, or a sailor the latest in sail cloth technology and aerodynamic design. There are few sports where technological aids don't matter, from shoes, to socks, to diet, and I presume the latest in jocks and sports bras.

[cherry]

"The swimming suit manufacturers are always pushing the envelope, and that's understandable, and then they become sponsors of governing bodies. This is what happens in Washington D.C., right, with our government?"

this is EXACTLY what they do at the University of Oregon...