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  2. An Olympic swimmer's biggest, bloody-knuckle battle ... is ...

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    Women raced in what would now be considered a training suit — or, simply, a stretchy one-piece bathing suit. “You just chose suits for comfort and style,” Therese Alshammar, a six-time ...

  3. History of competitive swimwear - Wikipedia

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    Even men wore one-piece swimsuits covering the body from hips to shoulders up to the 1940s. [5] In 1928, Speedo introduced their racerback silk suit that was optimized to fit the body shape. [6] [7] It uncovered the shoulder blades, which almost resulted in disqualification of Clare Dennis at the 1932 Olympics, [8] but became a norm by 1936. [9 ...

  4. Competitive swimwear - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Here's why the full-body swimsuits banned ahead of the 2024 ...

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    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 ...

  6. Ilona Maher Strips Down for “Sports Illustrated Swimsuit”: 'I ...

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    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 ...

  7. I tried Speedo's Olympic swimsuit. It's fast in the pool, but ...

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    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.

  8. Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The diving competitions featured up to 136 athletes. All divers had to be at least 14 years old on or by 31 December 2020. For the ninth consecutive Games, China dominated the medal table, and for the fifth occasion in that period won gold in all but a single event; in this case, the 10 metre synchronised men's event won by Great Britain's Tom ...

  9. Nike US women's Olympic uniforms slammed for being revealing ...

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    The women's track and field designs were unveiled as part of a kit launch for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris in July. ... Nike has come under fire after unveiling its uniforms for a U.S. women's ...