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CNNSI.com - Olympic Sports - Technology vs. athleticism at heart of bodysuit debate - Sunday July 02, 2000 05:02 PM (1256 words) |
 | Bodysuits have revolutionized the sport, with world records falling almost every week to swimmers who have found that the more skin they cover, the more quickly they get from one end of the pool to the other. |
| The resurrection of the bodysuit is not an overnight development. |
| Teen-ager Ian Thorpe wore a bodysuit while setting three world records at the Australian Olympic trials in May. Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands donned one while establishing five world marks. |
| The Bodysuit Problem (2721 words) |
| I was a witness of the presentation of the "Adidas" full bodysuit in Sheffield in December during the British winter nationals, and very aggressive "Speedo" presentation in Athens. |
| Among the manufacturers, it is agreed that full-length bodysuits will enhance performance, despite misgivings among the swimming population about their being fitted and of certain shapes. |
| If bodysuits, and their "high-tech" fabrics, have the obvious significant effect upon swimming performance, there should be a general improvement displayed by a swimming population when they are used in a competition. |
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