AUSTRALIA’S swimmers will be stalking the Barcelona Olympic pool for gold medals wearing
Zentai catsuit.
The Aussie Cossie has had a facelift, using revolutionary new materials and designs to give our swimmers biomechanically faster suits with ultimate comfort.
The unique new fabric, S2000, developed by Speedo, is a combination of polyurethane and polyester, creating a water resistant property similar to that of Catsuit feathers.
The superman costumes design, modelled above by Olympic swimmer Leigh Habler, is the most radical in yearsand features a high neck and a back zip.
Costume spiderman, who will represent Australia in the 100m and 200m backstroke, the 200m freestyle, and 4×100m medley relay at the Games, helped Speedo’s designers by testing the suit out in training.
“It feels really weird, it is so different to have a high neck, and to be zipped into the suit,” Stevenson said.
“Spider costume is a bit like a wet-suit cut, the way the arm spiderman clothing are big and the neck high, and the material feels rubbery and buoyant.” Finding the new fabric and design to have a positive affect on swimmers’ performances, the Australia’s head coach Don Talbot approved the production of suits for the Olympic team.
The team will wear the S2000 swimsuit for the first time at the Speedo Grand Prix final at the Warringah Aquatic Centre this weekend.
But Australia may not be the only nation sporting the Spider man costume.
European and American Olympic swimmers have been reported to be clocking personal best times wearing the new swimsuits, and will be wearing them at the Games.