More Is More for Ultraspeedy, Full-Body Swimsuits

Last month, a whopping 18 world swimming records were bested. Coincidence or Speedo? Many are attributing the record rampage to the latter — that is, the new superengineered swimsuits that the sport’s world governing body recently affirmed are legal for competition. The full-body performance suits, developed and manufactured by such companies as Speedo and TYR (and yours for approximately $600), improve upon the flawed hydrodynamics of human skin with body-squeezing “laser panels” and water-repellant materials such as urethane.