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NEWS ABOUT: Speedo LZR Racer

Speedo LZR Racer stories: 11 news summaries

 Phelps Flops 
 in Old-Style Suit 

He fails to qualify in two events, barely makes a third

Nov 10, 09 11:05 AM CST
(AP) - Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third today at a World Cup short-course meet. Phelps failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke. He qualified in the 100 medley, finishing seventh in 53.13 seconds.... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

COMMENTARY

 What's So Wrong 
 With Cheating? 


Aug 7, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - America is shocked—shocked!—that David Ortiz took steroids, and disgusted that swimmers use full-body polyurethane suits, but “these steroided, polyurethaned cheating men should be our heroes,” writes Joel Stein in Time. “Americans are a performance-enhanced people,” a medication and surgery-enhanced super-race, using technology... More »

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steroids • baseball • cheating • performance-enhancing drugs • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

German Hands Phelps Rare Loss; Breaks Record, Too

Stunning reversal raises questions about role of high-performance bodysuits

Jul 28, 09 2:16 PM CDT
(AP) - Germany's Paul Biedermann handed Michael Phelps his first major individual loss in 4 years—and snatched away his world record, too—with a stunning win in the 200-meter freestyle at the world swimming championships today in Rome. Virtually unknown outside his country before this meet, Biedermann has now erased Ian... More »

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Michael Phelps • World Swimming Championships • Germany • swimming • broken records • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit • Paul Biedermann

 Barcodes Will ID 
 Illegal Suits at 
 Championships 

Swimming aims to weed out banned attire

Jun 1, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swimmers at this year’s world championships will be subjected to a barcode test to ensure their suits are legal, the Times of London reports. Suits’ buoyancy will be checked before the event, with each outfit assigned a code. At race time, the suits will be scanned; if they don’... More »

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Michael Phelps • swimming • World Championships • broken records • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

 Swimsuits Banned, 
 Records Questioned 

Cutting-edge swimwear adds array of advantages

May 20, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - After more than 100 records were broken in the past year and a half, the international swimming federation has put 348 high-tech swimsuits under the microscope—banning 10 of them and requiring modifications to another 136, the New York Times reports. The suits can increase buoyancy, squeeze the body into... More »

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Michael Phelps • world record • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

World Rules
Sink New
Tech Tricks for Swimming Suits

Regulations limit suits' bouyancy, coverage

Mar 15, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - World competitive swimming organization Fina has outlawed certain high-tech swimming suits to keep the playing field even, reports the BBC. Suits cannot cover the neck, nor extend past the ankles and shoulders, and are limited to a certain thickness and buoyancy under the new rules. An astonishing 108 swimming records... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • Speedo • Speedo LZR Racer

Are Swimmers or Technology Swamping Speed Records?

Cascade of new world records sparks debate

Aug 12, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swimming world records are going under so fast at this Olympics that some officials are questioning what's going on, the New York Times writes. Ten records have fallen in Beijing so far—four in the space of 80 minutes yesterday—causing controversy over concerns that advances in swimsuit and pool... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • Speedo LZR Racer • USA Swimming

OPINION

 New Swimsuits
 Unfair; Stick to
 Birthday Suits 

Time to bring back Olympic tradition of competing naked, says columnist

Jul 8, 08 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - No sporting record lasts forever, but these days, writes Bloomberg columnist Scott Soshnick, athletes are demolishing them with almost ridiculous frequency. At the US Olympic swimming trials this year, no fewer than nine records were broken or equaled—a function less of talent than of technology. Perhaps it's time to... More »

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nudity • 2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • athletics • Speedo LZR Racer • swimsuit

OPINION

 Suit Circus Threatens 
 to Drown Trials 

Would-be Olympians' heads spin as tech sparks arms race in swimming pool

Jun 26, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - “The last honest Olympic sport” is about to kick the can, Scott Ostler writes in the San Francisco Chronicle, and the culprit is a familiar one: technology. The sport is swimming, and Olympic trials (beginning Sunday) coincide with a brutal competition among swimsuit makers for athletes’ affection. "Swimmers... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • Nike • Speedo • Speedo LZR Racer • TYR Sport • swimsuit • blueseventy

 Swimsuit Battle Heads to Court 

Rival company claims Speedo too chummy with sport's leaders

May 16, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swimwear maker TYR Sport has filed suit against rival Speedo, alleging that the maker of the much-touted LZR Racer has an inappropriately close relationship with the sport's governing body. "There's a big issue with a lot of the comments out there coming through USA Swimming and (coach) Mark Schubert... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • swimming • lawsuit • Speedo • Speedo LZR Racer • TYR Sport • Erik Vendt

 New Suit Shakes Up Swim World 

Some complain that high-tech Speedo gives unfair edge

Mar 28, 08 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swimmers in the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit have been smashing records since it made its debut six weeks ago, and some athletes are beginning to grumble that the high-tech swimming gear gives wearers an unfair advantage, the Los Angeles Times reports. Of the 14 world records to have fallen in... More »

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sports • 2008 Beijing Olympics • world record • swimming • Speedo • Speedo LZR Racer

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