Speedy new swim suit set for Olympic test

Iowa State professor Rick Sharp discusses the design of Speedo's LZR Racer, a high-tech suit that many top swimmers are wearing in the Beijing Olympic Games.

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[masterOFpuppets06]

would they be faster if the just swam naked?

[mckeelie]

@masterOFpuppets06 no, regular skin causes too much drag.

[nooneimportant77]

@masterOFpuppets06 no, the suit keeps your skin from moving around in the water, causing more drag. It keeps everything very smooth, and rigid in the water, compared to just skin which moves and and causes resistance.

[ebourgeois226]

@masterOFpuppets06 That would depend on if they shaved or not, but it might!

[oyahfftlisawsome]

i thank you for your work and i feel very sorry for all of that work wasted since the Speedo LZR Racer is banned from competition. I believe that it is a waste of time and work for those suits to be banned, but I am only glad that they were because I got hydrospeed jammers for only $20 instead of the $100 something they originally were.

[movieb0yreturns]

LOL

[truexposure]

to ban this swimsuit is pathetic..

just let everyone wear them

also bike stunts should be an olympic sport

[raptorimage]

unfortunately, ihsa boys' swim. will not allow this suit and similar ones starting 2009-2010 season.