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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 ...
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
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.
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 ...
The youngest competitor in Olympic diving was the best on Thursday. By a longshot. China's Quan Hongchan stepped up to her final dive of the women's 10-meter platform final needing to average 5.8 ...
Synchronized divers Sarah Bacon and Kassidy Cook won silver in the women’s 3-meter synchronized springboard event on Saturday, securing America’s first medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Their ...
The women's synchronized 3 metre springboard diving competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held on 25 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the 6th appearance of the event, which had been held at every Olympic Games since the 2000 Summer Olympics.
From 1990 to 1994, King was the president of US Diving, the governing body for US divers, and attended the 1992 Summer Olympics in that capacity. [8] At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, King was again the Olympic team leader for US divers; [ 8 ] she sequestered the team for intensive training at the University of Kentucky facilities before ...