February 14, 2008 Following three years of research that included input from NASA, tests on more than 100 different fabrics and suit designs and body scans of more than 400 elite swimmers, Speedo has ...

Speedo's new LZR Racer swimsuits promise to boost the times of the fastest swimmers in the planet at this year's Olympics, but they won't be the only high-tech suits to reach for the finish line. On ...

Speedo has been making waves at the Beijing Olympics but the swimwear brand is not just causing ripples in the Water Cube, it is also creating a stir in the world of sponsorship. Rival brands have ...

Behold swimming superstar Michael Phelps in the Speedo LZR swimsuit: He resembles a merman, all slick and shark-colored, his body fully corseted in what the manufacturer describes as “the world’s ...

The 2016 Summer Olympics kick off in Rio on August 5, and although many of the swimmers haven’t even qualified to compete yet, last night in a warehouse in New York City’s Garment District, amidst ...

SYDNEY, Australia, February 12. IN a four-city debut, Speedo has launched its new suit called the LZR RACER, after being much-hyped for weeks heading into the announcement today. Thus far, the suit ...

Yes, the 2009 swimming world championships were just as devious as you suspected. A study by Northwestern University has found that the 43 world records set at the event in Rome were accomplished ...

When I first started swimming competitively, in junior high, we took pride in the sheer, tattered swimsuits we’d wear layered one atop another for extra drag in practice. It was, after all, the ...

Michael Phelps steps onto the blocks of a large indoor pool in Omaha. He's about to swim the 100-meter butterfly at an Olympic tune-up meet this month. He bends into his starting position, flaps his ...

Speedo’s controversial LZR Racer swimsuit spawned its first copycat this week, a prototype from Arena International that pushes the definition of tight-fitting fabric. With a green light for the LZR ...

Speedo has been the best designer of swimsuits since 1929 when Arne Borg set a world record while wearing the brand's apparel. Since then, the company has experimented with various designs and ...