Swim: Japanese firms unveil swimsuits to catch Speedo

AAP Sports News (Australia), May, 2008

AAP Sports News (Australia) 05-30-2008 Swim: Japanese firms unveil swimsuits to catch Speedo TOKYO, May 30 AFP - Three Japanese sportswear companies today unveiled new swimsuits they hope will match Speedo's high-tech, record-breaking LZR Racer ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August. Mizuno, Asics and Descente, who are contracted to the Japanese Swimming Federation, said they had come with the best they could offer by today. "They have come up with products with confidence to excel Speedo.

I think the products are promising," Koji Ueno, head of the federation's competition committee, told a news conference. Japanese Olympic swimmers including defending breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima are obliged to wear products made by either of the...

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