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Out of the world swimsuit

AFP, Beijing
With NASA's technology behind it and 48 world records under Its skin-tight belt, Speedo's LZR Racer will be worn in Beijing by some
of the planet's best swimmers who Insist it Is out of this world.
After the high-tech suit was launched in February this year, many elite swimmers rushed to grab one with spectacular results as records tumbled.
There were even calls for the sport's governing body FINA to review their approval on ethical grounds, but the athletes who rave about it read like a who's who of swimming.
In a shrewd marketing move by Speedo, America's Michael Phelps • bidding to win an historic eight gold medals in Beijing when the competition starts on Saturday -was heavily involved in the LZR's testingand advertising.
"When I hit the water, I feel like a rocket," Phelps says of the suit he wore when breaking the world 200 and 400 metre individual medley records at the US Olympic trials in June.
And he is not alone in his praise.
"It's like swimming downhill," said Ubby Trickett, who set three world records in the LZR suit at the Australian trials for Beijing in March.
Using the same fluid dynamics research utilised by America's Cup yachting teams, the suit has 38 per cent less drag in the water than a traditional nylon swimsuit.
More than 60 types of fabric were tested for surface friction at NASA's research centre, before it was put through its paces at Canberra's Australian Institute of Sport by some of the world's best swimmers.
At 550 US dollars, such technology comes at a price, but Speedo insist the suit will be available to all competitors in Beijing.
Their major rivals Adidas, Mizuno and Arena have rushed similar state-of-the-art suits into the market in time for Beijing, but the LZR has already made waves of its own.
Not since titanium golf clubs meant golf balls flew further or graphite racquets allowed tennis balls to be hit harder has new technology had such an impact in sport.
But is all this fuss really worth the hype?
In a bid to find out, I went along to the Ozone Fitness Club in Beijing's Chaoyang district for a chance to try the suit for size.
The first surprise was a detailed briefing on how to put the LZR on -but ultimately it came down to brute strength.
It is skin-tight, ultra-light, at just 500 grammes, and on first touch feels like a plastic bag but the
fabric proved its strength in the 20 minutes needed to heave it on.
"It is a high-technology piece of kit and we have made a video (or the athletes just to show how to put it on," said Jason Rance, the worldwide head of sports at Aqualab, the research arm of Speedo.
"We tell them to use the pads of their fingers tips to pull it, IJesel Jones (Australia's double world record-holder) ripped hers, because of her nails."
With the suit finally on, it was lime to get wet.
James Hickman, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist from Kuala Lumpur in 1998, , offered tips on how to get the most out of the suit.
"Just push off the wall with your feet and glide as far as you can, you'll soon feel the difference," he said.
With my hands above my head in a dive position, I kicked off the experiment.
The feeling was incredible, my glide was at least double what I would normally manage.
A special core stability panel lifts your hips in the water to put you in an ideal streamline position and you literally slice through the water.
1 have never felt so fast in the pool, and with the same feeling you get behind the wheel of a powerful sports car, I just wanted to keep doing laps.
And if it works for me, imagine what it can do for Phelps & Co.