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Olympic Games have been the most important international swimming competition. While men's events were an integral part of all Olympics, women's races were introduced only in 1912, and until 1924 were limited to a couple of freestyle events. Public nudity was a major concern in designing early swimwear.
[71] [72] Those suits were approved for the 2000 Olympics, where they helped win 83% of the medals. [69] By the next Olympics, similar suits had been developed by Tyr Sport, but they were not approved by the FINA. [73] In July 2009, FINA voted to ban non-textile (non-woven) swimsuits in competitive events from 2010. The new policy was ...
Olympic swimming gold medalist Tyler Clary of U.S. walks wearing men's swim briefs, while Michelle Bremer of New Zealand looks on in a racerback one-piece swimsuit, 2012 Competitive swimwear refers to the swimsuit , clothing, equipment, and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming , diving , artistic swimming , triathlon , and water ...
The LZR Pro and LZR Elite lines were launched on 13 February 2008, with the LZR Elite being marketed as "the world's fastest swimsuit." [9] It was the focus of Speedo's campaign for the 2008 Summer Olympics, spearheaded by Michael Phelps of the United States. They created a holographic (visually generated) video of Phelps wearing the suit which ...
In 1992, a behind-the-scenes made-for-HBO special documentary was released on VHS as the Sports Illustrated Behind the Scenes: Official Swimsuit Video. [61] In 1993, Sports Illustrated: The 1993 Swimsuit Video was released by HBO films. [62] The Sports Illustrated 1994 Swimsuit Issue Video was released on video by Dakota North Entertainment. [63]
Kellerman marketed these bathing suits and the style came to be known as "the Annette Kellerman". The one-piece swimsuit became accepted swimsuit attire for women in parts of Europe by 1910, [3] and other places, and was the authorised attire for women's swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics, the first at which women competed.
Van Dyken continued to compete after the 1996 Olympics, but was plagued by injury, including a shoulder injury which required several operations and which left her unable to train for over a year. She staged a comeback, however, and made the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team in the 50-meter freestyle, the 4×100 medley relay and the 4×100 freestyle relay.
The design result, called the LZR Racer, reduced skin friction drag 24% more than the previous Speedo swimsuit. In March 2008, athletes wearing the LZR Racer broke 13 swimming world records. [ 5 ] Much like other suits used for high competition racing, LZR Racers allow better oxygen flow to the muscles , and hold the body in a more hydrodynamic ...