Getting wet was not as easy as we thought.
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If you're a fan of the Olympics (and really, who isn't?), you may have noticed that the swimsuits your favorite swimmers are wearing are VERY different than the two-pieces or trunks you might normally rock to the pool:
They kind of look like the Avengers, but with goggles, right?
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To gain every competitive advantage possible, swimmers don competition technical suits (think: swimsuits literally with space-age technology) for big meets like the Olympics. They look like this:
Six-pack abs not included.
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But what would happen if non-Olympians tried out these high-tech suits? There was only one way to find out: Grab our goggles, head to the nearest pool, and give these suits a spin. Or should we say, a SWIM.
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