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"During testing, this fit allowed me to move freely and without distraction, and I love how the look represents Team USA." The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris take place from July 26 to Aug. 11.
Breckynn Willis, a state champion swimmer for Dimond High School in Anchorage, Alaska, was disqualified during an event last Friday after an official determined that her swimsuit was too revealing.
Team USA swimmers celebrate winning gold in the 4 x 100 meter freestyle swim relay. (Left to right: Angel Martino, Catherine Fox, Amy Van Dyken, and Jenny Thompson.) Atlanta, 1996
The revealing shape and transparency caused outrage among US swimmers; meanwhile, at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships, East German women won 10 of 14 events and set seven world records. Those championships became the turning point for the world to adopt the skinsuit, modified with novel synthetic materials, as a standard competitive swimwear.
Competitive swimwear refers to the swimsuit, clothing, equipment, and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming, diving, artistic swimming, triathlon, and water polo. Some swimsuits are designed specifically for swimming competitions where they may be constructed of a special low resistance fabric that reduces skin drag.
Lochtegate is the colloquial name of the scandal involving United States swim team members Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger during the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Anna Cockrell of Team USA wears Nike's Paris 2024 Track & Field kit. (Nike) When the duds were revealed last week, Nike said its uniform offerings were based on extensive testing and talks with ...
USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.