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The recent introduction by Speedo of the shark-skin mimicking swimsuit has been getting criticism due to the fact they are bending the laws of the swimming community. The world of competitive swimming has always been a lucrative one with swimmers going as far as shaving off all body hair and others in efforts to get the few milliseconds that may signify a win. The introduction of the suit has resulted in a few seconds of speed but many nations who could not afford such expensive swim wear are calling it foul.
Research into such types of clothing that reduces drag in the water has been considered to be the next step in the evolution of the swimming industry when the shark’s skin caught their attention. With barbs that point opposite the direction of the water, they act as mini-wings that dissipates drag and turbulence making swimming less tiresome and minimizing drag.
Water is denser than air thus harder to go through which makes each and every second count when it comes to competition swimming. Live in the pool would never be the same right after these high-tech suits were introduced, just hope everybody can afford them so all could swim a bit faster, for the record that is.