FINA OKs modified swimsuit, but Irie's world mark still in limbo

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of Descente Ltd., the maker used by top Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie, explains in Tokyo on June 22 the company's modified swimsuits that swimming's world governing body FINA approved after the original suits failed to gain approval last month.

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