A new rocket costume with NASA technology for swimmers has been created: what is its benefits

Swimmers who will fight for medals at the Olympic Games in Paris are betting on the latest costumes that can become their secret weapon in the pool. Based on the technology inspired by space travel, Speedo has released a new version of its Fastskin Lzr Racer suit, which is considered the most water-repellent one that has ever existed.

The members of the Olympic Games in Paris believe that this suit can play a crucial role in sports, where the conquest of gold is sometimes solved by the faster touch of the tip of the finger to the edge of the pool. Although the proof of the benefits of a new swimmer suit is not so convincing, Sciencealert writes. In focus. Technology has appeared its Telegram channel.

Subscribe not to miss the latest and most intrusive news from the world of science! New swimming costumes, which, according to Speedo, create a feeling of weightlessness, will wear the best swimmers, including Emma McCeon from Australia, American Caleb Dressel and British Adam Petei. With these costumes, athletes are going to significantly improve swimming speed. Dressel, who won five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympic Games in an earlier version of the costume, said his "little speedo costume".

McCeon, which won seven medals, including four gold, at the Tokyo's Olympic Games in 2021, called her new costume that allows you to swim much faster, and the water from it "simply slips". Fastskin Lzr Racer costumes use coating technology, which was originally used to protect satellites. According to Kevin Netto from the University of Curtin, Australia, during swimming, the speed of water is affected by water resistance.

Therefore, any suit that helps to better overcome this resistance "by weight of gold". For many years, swimming costumes have been created from flannel, viscose, cotton, silk, latex, nylon and lycra. The International Swimming Federation now requires that they be made of permeable materials, since the Speedo controversy used athletes at the 2008 Beijing Olympics was called "Technological Doping".

Seamless, partially made of polyurethane, it was developed with NASA to improve the buoyancy and muscle support, significantly reducing resistance and helping swimming faster. The 2010 International Swimming Federation has banned the use of polymer -based costumes after increasing criticism for having unacceptable properties that improve sports results. Full costumes were also banned.