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Article: Chinese National Games says "no" to FINA's new rules over breaststroke
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 11, 2005
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Chinese National Games says "no" to FINA's new rules over
breaststroke
By Zhang Rongfeng
NANJING, East China, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- The new rules released by
FINA last July will not be applied to China's 10th National Games and
"butterfly action in leg" is not allowed in breaststroke at the
Games, Yuan Jiawei, the deputy director of swimming races committee
of the National Games, announced here on Tuesday.
"The English specification for rules modification by FINA is
obscure and likely to lead to different annotations, so the new rules
will not be put into practice at the National Games," Yuan said.
He said that the time for new rules to function depends on the
study and consultation ...