The Chinese Swimming Team Can Choose Shark Skin.

Whether the Chinese swimming team should wear shark skin to fight for the Beijing Olympic Games has finally come to a conclusion.

It is understood that after discussing with the Chinese swimming sponsor Nike, the Chinese swimming team has been able to participate in the Olympic Games in the fourth generation of Speedo's "shark skin" bathing suit.

Since April this year, Speedo's fourth generation "shark skin" bathing suit has been playing the leading role in the record breaking tide of swimming around the world.

There has been no definite news about whether the Chinese navy will make it an Olympic shirt.

The Chinese team has the freedom to choose shark skin recently. The media reported that the Chinese swimming team could wear the Speedo fourth generation shark skin bathing suit to participate in the Olympic Games.

Before this, whether the Chinese swimming army sponsored by Nike could wear the "shark skin" swimsuit for the Olympic Games ended.

Zhang Yadong, head coach of the Chinese swimming team, affirmed the fact in an interview, but stressed that "the Chinese team does not change swimsuits, but agrees with the swimmers to choose swimsuits suitable for them."

Zhang Yadong said that this change will also thank the Chinese swimming team sponsors Nike's concession.

It is understood that since last month, some Chinese team members have started trying on the Speedo fourth generation shark skin bathing suit.

However, due to time constraints, this "magic swimsuit" can not be tailored for athletes. Only a few models are selected, and the problem of not fitting is more common.

According to Zhang Yadong, Nike has also launched its new swimsuit, which has advantages and disadvantages compared with Speedo's shark skin. Athletes can choose freely.

It is learnt that Wu Peng, the leader of the men's team, wore a new Nike swimsuit reflecting better, so he might not replace shark skin.

At present, some of the main players of the Chinese swimming team are still training in the Kunming plateau. Therefore, although the decision to freely wear swimsuits has been made for a week, the swimming team has not yet collected all the feedback from the players.

The players will decide their choice according to the experience of the last period of time.

The record breaking frenzy has made the "magic swimsuit" with the approaching of the Beijing Olympic Games.

In the March Australian Swimming Olympic trials, Sullivan and other players broke the world record seven times in 7 days.

At the previous European Swimming Championships, France, Holland and Italy made 6 world records.

According to the information provided by the fina, 16 new world records have been set up in the pool in the 6 weeks since mid February, and 15 of them have been created by athletes in LZRRacer or the fourth generation shark skin.

At the end of the 6 month of the US swimming Olympic trials, Phelps, the US flying fish, broke the world record of the men's 400 meter medley in this "magic swimsuit". Next, the famous Hof created the women's 400 meter medley record.

Phelps excitedly said after the record breaking that the new swimsuit made him more powerful: "put it into the pool, like a burning knife across the fine butter.

I really never wore such a good swimsuit before. It certainly helps me break more records. "

Phelps's glowing words have given people a fresh look at Speedo's new bathing suit. It turns out that this swimsuit has been accompanied by the swimming revolution since its launch in February this year: 40 of the 44 ancient world records have been related to it.

For a while, the new swimsuit has become the idol of the Beijing Olympic Games. It is understood that up to now, more than 50 athletes will wear LZR to participate in the Beijing Olympic Games.

Shark skin has become the swimsuit leader of the Beijing Olympic Games.

When Kosuke Kitajima changed his shirt to occupy the European and American markets, shark skin went to Asia.

In the early June, the famous Japanese swimmer and Frog King Kosuke Kitajima broke the world record of the 200 meter breaststroke in the Japanese Olympic preliminaries. The new record was 2 minutes 7 seconds 51, which was 0.99 seconds faster than the previous record created by American player Hansen.

The world record before the project was created by Hansen in August 2006, 2 minutes and 8 seconds 50. Kosuke Kitajima's best achievement in this project before is 2 minutes 8 seconds 84, which is also Japan's national record.

But only two months away from the Beijing Olympics, Kosuke Kitajima, who was wearing a new shark skin bathing suit, rewrote the two records.

Kosuke Kitajima's record breaking has far-reaching implications.

The sponsors MIZUNO lost the favor of Kosuke Kitajima, and the Japanese swimsuit market was the four to smoke.

According to Japanese media reports, the second day of breaking the world record on the North Island, the price of three Japanese swimsuit makers fell collectively, while the sportswear companies selling Speedo products in Japan soared.

In the face of achievements, business factors had to be relegated to the next seat.

Japanese Swimming Association professional director Zuo Ye and later said that the association has agreed that athletes use the "magic swimsuit" competition, and has won the consent of 3 companies such as MIZUNO.

The heart of the Chinese team finally turned into action. At the beginning of April 2008, the National Swimming Championships and the Olympic women's 100 meter backstroke final were held at the swimming fitness center of Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. Only 17 year old Zhao Jing, the Hubei teenager, not only won the gold medal in the event, but also increased the Asian record of Chinese player He Cihong for 14 years by 0.35 seconds.

The news is that the whole nation is stirring up: the Chinese swimmer has another strong contender for the Beijing Olympic medals.

If you look at it, Zhao Jing, who broke the Asian record, wore Speedo bathing suit.

What is more, it is understood that the swimsuit is not the latest fourth generation swimsuit of the brand, but the second generation of shark skin, which Zhao Jing bought abroad himself.

This is enough for Chinese swimmers to get excited.

Some unnamed athletes privately indicated that they were looking forward to high technology swimsuits to help them improve their performance. "Our sports career is limited, no matter what brand and technology, we are willing to try as long as we can improve our performance."

In the June 20th, Nike announced to the world that all Nike sponsors would be free to choose swimsuits for the green light of sponsors before Kosuke Kitajima.

In this way, the Chinese swimming team can finally wear Speedo swimsuit to appear on the Beijing Olympic Games.

Is it a high-tech stimulant?

Shark skin materials and high prices are controversial. When swimmers wear "shark skin" to record the world record in swimming pools, the opposition to this high-tech swimsuit has never stopped.

Some people say that this is a "technology stimulant"; others say that such a swimsuit will cause the polarization of athletes.

Phelps, coach of the American swimming giant, who uses buoyancy material, said: "the technology in the pool is relatively stable now. The technical difference of top athletes is not great." Bauman

Swimsuits will be very important in such a situation. "

C Stagg Qati, the coach of the Italy national swimming team, called shark skin the "high-tech stimulant" in the swimming pool.

This kind of voice is not unusual. It means that, for some people, shark skin is used as an ingredient in doping and unfair competition.

Moreover, the current production of shark skin is only Speedo one, which has also led to dissatisfaction among other businesses. They think Speedo deliberately exaggerates the role of swimsuit and seduce high level athletes away from other sponsors.

In April, Arena and other swimsuit companies once again submitted to the fina, claiming that shark skin uses polyurethane fiber material that can increase buoyancy. It violates the rules that athletes are not allowed to use or wear any equipment that can increase speed, buoyancy or endurance during the fina competition.

However, it failed to get the support of the international fina.

7000 yuan a piece can only wear 6 times "shark skin" bathing suit in the process of development, spent a lot of manpower and material resources, so its price is not bad.

A swimsuit costs about RMB 7000 yuan, and in order to achieve the best effect, one can only wear 6 times.

Such expensive swimsuits may not be much for the well paid athletes in Europe and America, but for some African athletes, they are a bit of a dust trap.

Choosing shark skin means not only to be dressed in competitions, but also to adapt in weekdays training.

It takes an average of more than a thousand yuan per time to wear one.

In this way, it is easy to result in the polarization of athletes due to income differences.

Shark skin is also very complex when it is worn. If you want to make the bathing suit as tight as possible, you must first put plastic bags on your hands and feet. Then a few people push them up a little bit with your index finger. You must not pull hard.

One designer said that the back zipper of the swimsuit was also quite precise. "The zipper must be close to the spine, slightly tilted, and it will collapse automatically."

In the interview with reporters, Mu Xiangxiong, an old swimmer in China, questioned the miraculous effect of shark skin. He believed that scientific training is the main way to improve athletes' performance.

"Although some athletes recently broke the world record in the" shark skin "competition, it is not easy to say whether this new swimsuit can really improve their performance.

Before the Olympic Games, there are always some world records being rewritten, because the players accepted the system training before the competition, and the state was basically adjusted to the best, so it is very easy to make achievements.

Mu Xiangxiong explained, "moreover, it is impossible to synchronize the effect of shark skin and ordinary bathing suits, because we can not prove whether athletes can wear a swimsuit at the same time and place in the same record of wearing shark skin.

From opposition to independence, the Chinese swimming team's attitude towards shark skin changed. Before the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Speedo set up a "fast skin II" for every Chinese athlete who participated in the Olympic Games.

Although the swimsuit has been modified several times in accordance with the Asian body type, Chinese players still feel uncomfortable after trying it on.

Wu Peng felt uncomfortable in his tight fitting bathing suit. He said that no feeling of water flowing through the body was not used to it.

The coaching team decided to give up the shark skin.

In May 2008, Nike, a sponsor of the Chinese swimming team, launched its new swimsuit and tested it inside the national team.

At the same time, Speedo's "shark skin" four generation set off a huge storm in the international swimming arena.

In June 9, 2008, Kosuke Kitajima wore the "shark skin" to break the world's 200 meter breaststroke world record.

Subsequently, MIZUNO, a sponsor of the Japanese swimming team, agreed that Kosuke Kitajima had chosen shark skin at the Olympics.

At the same time, the attitude of the Chinese swimming team to shark skin has been turned away from opposition.

In June 20, 2008, Nike announced to the world that all Nike sponsors would be allowed to choose swimsuits freely. This is an external preparation for the Chinese swimming team to choose shark skin.

On July 21, 2008, Zhang Yadong, head coach of China swimming team, told the media that Chinese swimmers could choose swimming suits independently.

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