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Can a Swimsuit Be Too Good?

Officials muddle over their options for fairness as records begin falling due to a single high-tech suit

Even we didn’t guess it would be this good. When I wrote last month about Speedo’s latest swimsuit—an extremely high-tech full-body wonder—three world records had already been broken by LZR-clad swimmers. Coincidence? Maybe. But, after eight more records fell in the past month, the suit is causing some serious waves.

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Suiting Up for the Olympics

The world's most advanced swimsuit shaves time so swimmers don't have to shave limbs

Shaving your legs just isn’t enough to give swimmers an edge anymore. With a combination of computational fluid dynamics, aerospace engineering and a bit of help from NASA, Speedo has launched its latest swimsuit built to shatter records at the Olympic Games this summer in Beijing—or before.

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