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Article: Swimsuit under scrutiny.(Sports)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2008
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Byline: KAREN CROUSE - New York Times
A man wandered onto the deck at the Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday while the California women's swim team was practicing. He was giving his four towheaded children a tour of the campus. "When does your season start?" he said to the Bears' coach, Teri McKeever, who told him the season was over. He fell silent for a moment, then said, "How about those Laser suits?"The Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit, designed with input from NASA, has made a huge splash, cannon-balling into the consciousness of people who do not know a flip turn from Flipper. Since the swimsuit was introduced in February, swimmers ...