This Exclusive Moment in History of Track and Field at Olympics Will Leave You Spellbound
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The American College of Sports Medicine made a detailed study on the tech suits that alleviated swimmers’ performance from the Olympics to the regular events. The exhilarating update proved that the suit has increased the performance level to 3.2% compared to the regular suits. However, it came as the most normalized data, as the research authority didn’t consider the added specialty often imposed by the manufacturers. But that was enough to stir the broth.
Recently, a track and field enthusiast, Owen M flew an argument X on the eve of the Paris Olympics. His revelation of past successes made the recommendation hard to wave off.
Hooded and full-body racing suits in the Olympics receive support
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Owen M’s X post exhibited the demand, “THE HOODED AND FULL BODY RACING SUITS NEED TO MAKE A COMEBACK!!!”. The deliberate demand only received a major standpoint when Owen M used the 2000 Olympics 400m sprinting champion Cathy Freeman’s success wearing a full-body racing suit in that event in the Sydney Olympics. Previously, Owen M stipulated the same demand by exemplifying Florence Griffith Joyner and Roger Kingdom’s wearing in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. In the latest post also, he reiterated that sentiment, saying, “I’ve already mentioned the USA hooded tracksuits from the Seoul 1988 Olympics,”.
I’ve already mentioned the USA hooded tracksuits from the Seoul 1988 Olympics, but I just remembered when Nike made a full-body racing suit for Cathy Freeman at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
THE HOODED AND FULL BODY RACING SUITS NEED TO MAKE A COMEBACK!!! pic.twitter.com/DNloIbGFEa
— Owen M (@_OwenM_) December 23, 2023
Eventually, all the mentioned track and field stars received their share of success in those games. Flo-Jo’s outings in the 1988 Olympics earned her three gold medals and brought her the crown of ‘fastest woman in history’. Cathy Freeman’s 400m stint in Sydney positioned her in the lore and the name of the grandstand of Sydney Olympics Stadium. Roger Kingdom hauled his success into the 110m hurdles in the Seoul Olympics. However, the science behind the full hood racing suit success run became riveting.
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The gripping facts behind
Edward Harber, the brain behind Cathy Freeman’s signature full-body suit, claimed, “The brief I got when I arrived [at Nike] was to help someone run faster”. In a continuous revelation to the Sydney Morning Herald, the designer asserted that his own experience of sprinting helped him to bring such a Victor Ludorum custom suit into effect. Rather, his research on the suit flaunted a wholesome approach. “We measured the speed of each part of her body and the frontal area, the size of each body part, and then in a wind tunnel we tested all kinds of fabric and then assigned different fabrics to different parts of her body,” Harber explained.
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However, the suit didn’t receive much surfacing in the track and field events after that. Cathy’s Nike costume received an honorable showcase in the MCG National Sports Museum. Now, it will be interesting to watch how the USA camp dictates it.
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BHUJAYA RAY CHOWDHURY