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Article: Japan's intensely bad dilemma
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- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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Medals or money? That's the decision Japan must make -
immediately.
Here's the story: In mid-February, Speedo came out with a new
high-tech swimsuit called the "LZR Racer." By the end of May,
swimmers wearing the new suit had broken 38 world records.
Japan is a rising star in the world of swimming. Japanese
national team members, like every elite swimmer in the world, want
to wear the $500 LZR Racer in the upcoming Olympics in August. But
the country's swimming federation has signed an exclusive contract
with three Japanese companies, Asics, Descente and Mizuno; and the
federation says its swimmers must wear suits made by one of those