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High-tech swimsuits banned from high school meets

High schoolers such as Lindenhurst's Kevin Kolinarski will

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | High schoolers such as Lindenhurst's Kevin Kolinarski will not be able to wear high-tech swimsuits like the ones recently banned in world-class swim meets.

High-tech swimsuits like the one that helped a German competitor upset Michael Phelps at last month's World Swimming Championships are now banned from high school competition after it was ruled the suits were "more similar to equipment rather than a uniform."

The National Federation of State High School Associations Swimming and Diving Rules Committee made the change Tuesday and it was approved...

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