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SPEED SKATING STRETCH SUIT [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skating
OBS

Today's preferred racing wear - which has been nicknamed the body condom because it covers the skater from head to foot - gives speed skaters the look of comic book superheroes. The aim is to create the smoothest surface possible in a woven garment and thereby minimize the energy the skater loses to turbulence in the air.

OBS

Speed skating term(s).

Key term(s)
  • body condom

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patinage
OBS

Terme(s) de patinage de vitesse.

Spanish

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