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- dotbacher, on 08/12/2008, -0/+1"After all, the suits (which cost around $600 each) must be thrown out after an athlete has used them 10 times, similar to the way baseballs are discarded after only a few pitches."
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$600 Speedo Wetsuits: Why Olympic Swim Records Keep Falling
motherjones.com — Since the Speedo LZR Racer was introduced in February of 2008, more than 50 world records have been broken by athletes wearing it. It includes "ultrasonically welded" seams, panels of drag-reducing fabric, and it fits so tightly that it acts as a sort of corset, supporting abdominal muscles when they tire at the end of the race.
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