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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.
International Olympic Committee results database; Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-033-2. HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015
After the Olympics McCormick did diving tours and was a model for Catalina swimwear. She served on the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics organizing committee and began a program called "Pat's Champs"—a foundation to help motivate kids to dream big and to set practical ways to succeed. [ 5 ]
The women's 400 IM final, women's 100m backstroke semifinals and synchronized diving are among the sports on NBC's primetime coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics. You can watch and stream the 2024 ...
Ilona Maher is getting her Sports Illustrated cover moment.. The Olympic rugby player, 28, has officially made her debut with her own digital cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, marking what ...
Model Jasmine Sanders walks the runway during the 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway Show at the W South Beach beachfront pool in Miami Beach, Florida, on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
Determined to squeeze into the latest skin-tight polyurethane compression suit, I grabbed a red Pure Valor 2.0 openback kneeskin and entered the crowded women's changing room at The Molitor Hotel to see what the big deal is about the newest version of the suit many swimmers will be wearing during the Paris Olympics.
Meanwhile, men were allowed to swim in bare-chest suits in 1936, and in briefs only at the 1948 Olympics. [6] [10] In 1956, Speedo became the first company to introduce nylon [11] and in the 1970s elastane to their swimsuits that improved their elasticity, durability and water drag – 21 out of 22 records at the 1972 Olympics were broken using ...