June 22 at 11:12 am
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"Take Speedo's LZR swimsuit, which was introduced in February. Fully 38 of the 42 world swimming records that have been broken since then have fallen to swimmers wearing LZRs." .... "The results are a suit that costs $600 and takes 20 minutes to squeeze into, and a widespread belief among swimmers competing in the Beijing Olympics this summer that they will have to wear one or fail." - Karen Padham Taylor
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"the suit has what Speedo calls an “internal core stabiliser”—like a corset that holds the swimmer's form." Ha! Except for the 20 minutes it takes to squeeze into, sounds good to me! :P - Anne Bouey
That should do wonders for the Speedo brand image. - Thomas Brox Røst
It probably does make a difference, but they fail to point out that Speedo dominates professional swimsuit sponsorship anyway, so in almost any given period the vast majority of record breaking is done in Speedos (with occasional exceptions, like Ian Thorpe - sponsored by Adidas) - Nick Lothian
Oh, these are full-body suits... I was trying to imagine a pair of briefs that acted like a corset and took 20 minutes to squeeze into. It wasn't pretty. - Jim Norris
Some of us could probably benefit from wearing an "internal core stabilizer" on a daily basis... - torque
They're not all full body - there's a half and 3/4 version as well. - 3rdincome