‘Fast suit slowed me down’ – Tom
Saturday 5th April 2008, 9:30AM BST.
Ian Powell finished a highly creditable sixth in the main final of the 100m butterfly. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0385974)
TOM HOLLINGSWORTH has blamed the new Speedo swimsuit for his under-par time in yesterday’s British Championships 100m butterfly.
The Speedo LZR Racer has revolutionised the sport. Since 16 February, swimmers wearing the suit have broken a staggering 11 world records.
Developed in partnership with Nasa, it has no stitching, only bonded joints that borrow technology from the space shuttle. But Guernsey star Hollingsworth did not find it so wonderful as he wore it in the B final of the 100m butterfly at Pond’s Forge, Sheffield.
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