SYDNEY: Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar said yesterday the sport’s swimsuit rules were sexist, after she became the first swimmer to be stripped of a world record under the new laws.
Alshammar set a world record of 25.44 in the 50m butterfly on Tuesday at the Australian Swimming Championships, shaving 0.02s of her existing world mark, but was disqualified for wearing two swimming suits.
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