The LZR Racer

Time has granted the Speedo LZR Racer swimming suit the prestigious mantle of the 26th best invention of the year. Perhaps a strange choice, you might say, but upon reflection, why is it not higher on the list? 94% of the races won at the Olympics this year were won by swimmers wearing the LZR. Never before has so much sporting success been down, arguably, to a single component (disregarding, of course, drugs and the Tour de France). This kind of publicity is worrying for someone in my position. The college swimming circuit here in the US is the best in the sporting world, and for swimmers striving to achieve the qualifying times set to attend the NCAA Championships we're obviously going to take every step we can to do so, including wearing the LZR. However, there have been rumours flying around that the board who assigns the qualifying times may lower the mark even further due to the introduction of the new suits. We shall see.