They were banned fairly because they were so expensive that many competitors couldn't afford to use them, putting them at a huge, probably insurmountable, disadvantage.
The cost was mentioned in that wikipedia page, but I believe they didn't mention that they need to be individually fitted and are single-use only.
Olympic athletes don’t buy their own equipment, do they?
That doesn’t mean that there are no cost constraints on their equipment.
Also, AIUI, the governing bodies of individual sports which happen to be included in the olympics also govern lower-level competitions, under generally the same rules – because the Olympic competition is supposed to be the pinnacle of the sport, not a different sport with a confusingly-similar name.
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They were banned fairly because they were so expensive that many competitors couldn't afford to use them, putting them at a huge, probably insurmountable, disadvantage.
The cost was mentioned in that wikipedia page, but I believe they didn't mention that they need to be individually fitted and are single-use only.
Olympic athletes don't buy their own equipment, do they?
That doesn’t mean that there are no cost constraints on their equipment.
Also, AIUI, the governing bodies of individual sports which happen to be included in the olympics also govern lower-level competitions, under generally the same rules – because the Olympic competition is supposed to be the pinnacle of the sport, not a different sport with a confusingly-similar name.
People competing below Olympic levels probably do.