The suit I was waiting for, The TYR Tracer Light, can only be pre-ordered. Only the pros and selected NCAA swimmers have been fortunate enough to wear one and I believe you have to wait to June before mere mortals like myself can actually have one. With that in mind, TYR has suddenly put together a newer suit that has literally made the TYR Tracer Light an obsolete choice for those looking for a maximum performance suit from TYR.From USA Today: "...Today at the French Olympic trials in Dunkirk, U.S.-based TYR Sports will officially unveil its new Tracer Rise suit, a challenger to the much-hyped Speedo LZR Racer. Swimmers wearing the Speedo suit have set 35 world records in recent weeks.
Speedo claims the LZR Racer can improve performance by up to 2%. TYR claims double the benefit — up to 4%.
"The time drops are well-documented," said TYR founder Steve Furniss...." [...]
While the LZR Racer has ultrasonically bonded seams to help reduce drag, the Tracer Rise has compression panels that contour certain muscle groups to control movement.
On Tuesday, French swimmer Amaury Leveaux won the 200-meter freestyle wearing a Tracer. His winning time of 1 minute, 46.54 seconds is second-fastest in the world this year, behind 1:45.71 by world recordholder Michael Phelps — wearing a Speedo suit — posted in February [Link]
I wonder if the suit dynamics for a masters swimmer are actually accentuated more that that of an Olympian?
The photo above came from the TYR website from a press release therein regarding Amaury Leveaux new French national record in the 200 free: [Link]
1 comment:
With "compression panels" now (supposedly) legal, and the term "fabric" being used as a mere formality, I wonder how many more improvised suits we'll be seeing hit the market. TYR and Speedo are going at it -- how long until Nike, Arena, and the others join in?
Post a Comment