Swimming is a kind of sport that involves water. In a body of open water, there are 5 kilometer, 10 kilometer, and 25 kilometer events for men and women, however, 10 kilometer event is included in the Olympic Games for both men and women.

No doubt most of you already familiar regarding the four major swim styles such as freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, and butterfly. These are the main strokes that are used during the swimming events.

In the nineteenth century, competitive swimming becomes popular and their primary goal is to constantly improve upon one’s time, or to beat the competitors in any given event. Today, the international governing body for competitive swimming is the International Swimming Federation known as FINA.

During the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, these high-tech swimsuits were mentioned. The primary purpose of those high-tech swimsuits is to enhance the athletes’ performances in the racing events. And upon viewing the thrilling swimming race with the high-tech swimsuits, many viewers were fascinated.

However, when the 43 world records were broken, governing bodies had decided to take action with a series of bans that now cover all of the top-level swimming events around the world. Naturally, there are some in swimming disagree with this decision. Some argue that that this high-tech swimsuits makes focus on who has the best suit rather than who has the most talent and training. Because this ban affects television ratings and athlete sponsorships, the swimming governing bodies are likely to start rethinking their decision.