13th FINA world Championship: analysis of swimsuits used by elite male swimmers Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • The polyurethane swimsuits has become the notice around the pools in the past couple years. A better body position and the reducing of drag are believed to be some of the reasons that allow the swimmers wearing these swimsuits to go faster (Kainuma et al., 2009). The purpose of this study was to verify the distribution of different swimsuits used by male swimmers during the finals at the last world championships being held at Rome in 2009

publication date

  • January 1, 2010