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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.
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 ...
[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 ...
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 2016, X Swimwear, a made-to-measure swimwear line, launched a custom swimsuit called "The Kellerman" after her. [21] The American thoroughbred mare Annette K. (foaled in 1921 out of the mare Bathing Girl) was named after her. Annette K. became the grandam of U.S. Triple Crown winner War Admiral. [22] [23]
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 word "swimsuit" was coined in 1915 by Jantzen Knitting Mills, a sweater manufacturer who launched the Red Diving Girl swimwear brand. [41] The first annual bathing suit day at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1916 was a landmark. [42] The swimsuit apron, a design for early swimwear, disappeared by 1918, leaving a tunic covering the ...