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The LZR Racer Suit unveiling at a press conference in New York City in February 2008. The LZR Racer (pronounced as "Laser Racer") is a line of competition swimsuits manufactured by Speedo using a high-technology swimwear fabric composed of woven elastane-nylon and polyurethane.
Due to the use of the LZR Racer, a specialised swimming suit developed by NASA and the Australian Institute of Sport, many records were broken. New world records were set 25 times (affecting 23 distinct world records) and new Olympic records were set 65 times and one other was equalled (affecting 30 distinct Olympic records). [ 1 ]
The newly introduced open water marathon events (10 km) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. [2] Swimming featured 34 events (17 male, 17 female), including two 10 km open-water marathons. The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park.
In 2008, leading up to the Olympics, Speedo introduced a 50% Polyurethane suit dubbed LZR. Pure polyurethane suits from Arena ( X-Glide ), Adidas (Hydrofoil) and Italian suit manufacturer, Jaked were thought to be largely responsible for the multiple World Records in 2009 including at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships (dubbed the "Plastic ...
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan won the pairs event at the Four Continents figure skating competition on Friday, recapturing the title they first took home two years ago. The 2023 world ...
LZR may refer to: Lzr - a variant of the Stoned computer virus; LZR (Lempel - Ziv - Renau) - a lossless data compression algorithm; LZR - the ICAO airline code for the Bulgarian airline Air Lazur; LZR - the International Air Transport Association airport code for Lizard Island Airport in Australia; LZR Racer - a high-end Speedo swimsuit
West performed at the Hollywood Bowl in May during "Disney's The Lion King 30th Anniversary – A Live-to-Film Concert Event," a live show featuring performances of songs from the classic animated ...
The awards show soon picked up a catchy nickname, and quickly became the industry's ne plus ultra event broadcast around the world. Last year, some 19.5 million tuned in to see Cillian Murphy ...