I race with my top up/on. My suit material is tight enough and flixible enough, but it all depends on how comfortable you are swimming with the sleeves on.

I got around the issue by getting a swimskin that has short sleeves. The sleeves on my tri-suit tended to catch water, so it was either that, or roll it up beneath a sleeveless swimskin.

I am using a swimskin for the first time this weekend.

It is sleeveless. My tri suit has sleeves. Both are roka.

Is this a problem? Never considered this and really am still hoping it will be wetsuit legal, but those hopes are dwindling.

Unless your sleeve material is loose (drag) or it restricts your shoulders, you will be fine to wear both

I’ve done both. One suit I had was too tight around my shoulders but I could pull it up on the run to t1 so I always had it down. Another suit I had was too hard to put on when wet so wore it up. Was a but tight but didn’t actually impact my swimming at all.

---

Twitter - Instagram