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Article: Japanese swimmers given green light to use Speedo LZR Racer
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- AP Worldstream
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- June 10, 2008
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The Japan Swimming Federation will allow its swimmers to wear Speedo's LZR Racer at the Beijing Olympics.
"In order to get the best results in Beijing we took into account the opinions of the athletes and the coaches," said JSF vice chairman Kazuo Sano said Tuesday. "Based on that input we have decided to let the athletes choose their swimsuits."
Kosuke Kitajima, who won the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke at the 2004 Olympics, set a world record in the Speedo suit in the men's 200 breaststroke on Sunday at the Japan Open.
Kitajima finished in 2 minutes, 07.51 seconds, taking almost a second off the previous mark set by American Brendan Hansen in ...