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Speedo extends Phelps contract through 2013

Speedo is extending its contract with swimming superstar Michael Phelps through 2013.

Police: Man wearing Speedo tried to steal vehicles

A burglary suspect wearing only a Speedo-style swimsuit has been arrested in Connecticut after a police dog tracked him down and bit him on the leg.

Speedo weighs swimmers' interest in other suits

Speedo is discussing whether to allow swimmers it sponsors to wear rival manufacturers' new high-tech suits.

Phelps using $1M bonus to start swim foundation

Michael Phelps will put his $1 million bonus to good use, announcing plans to start a foundation promoting water safety and youth swimming. Joe Gromek, president and CEO of Warnaco, Speedo's U.S. parent company, presented a check to Phelps on NBC's "Today" show Tuesday.

Nike allows swimmers to wear Speedo at Olympics

Nike said Wednesday that will allow its swimmers to wear a Speedo suit instead of its own at the Olympics in Beijing.

Nike lets sponsored swimming change brands

Nike is allowing seven of the Olympic hopefuls it sponsors to don Speedo International's new full-body swimsuit instead of the Nike product for the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha later this month.

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Shaq Loses on Reality Show, Wears Pink Speedo on Beach
Source: nba.fanhouse.com

Normally, there's nothing funny about a grown man wearing a pink Speedo.

Budgie smuggler ban
Source: themercury.com.au

SPEEDOS and other tight swimming briefs have been banned from one of the UK's biggest water parks.

Rocketing Through Water: Space-age Swimsuit Being Tested At NASA
Source: Science Daily

Swimmers around the world are breaking records this year like never before, including at this week's U.S. Olympic trials. Some attribute it to extensive training as athletes prepare to compete at this summer's games in Beijing.

In Olympian swimsuits, threads of history
Source: Christian Science Monitor

The full-body LZR Racer is seen as a breakthrough in reducing drag. Suits have changed dramatically in recent decades.

Kitajima breaks world record in new Speedo swimsuit
Source: Agence-France Presse

Japan's double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima shattered the world 200-metre breaststroke record here Sunday, wearing Speedo's blockbuster LZR Racer swimsuit on a trial basis. The 25-year-old Japanese clocked 2min 07.51, 0.99 faster than his archrival American Brendan Hansen's  …

High-Tech Swimsuits Approved by Olympic Committee Promise to Even the Competition
Source: Wired News

Speedo's new LZR Racer swimsuits promise to boost the times of the fastest swimmers in the planet at this year's Olympics, but they won't be the only high-tech suits to reach for the finish line.

TYR's lawsuit against Speedo escalates swim fight
Source: The L.A. Times

The battle between high-tech swimsuit manufacturers TYR and Speedo has escalated in a significant way, moving from the pool deck to the legal arena.

Japanese swimsuit makers race Speedo
Source: Agence-France Presse

A Japanese fabric maker says it has the secret to make the world's fastest-ever swimsuit as the country races against time to catch Speedo's high-tech, record-breaking LZR Racer suit. Japan's Olympic swimmers, obliged to wear their own country's products, have been in uproar ove …

Fastest New Swimsuit for the Summer Olympics
Source: The New York Times

Ryan Lochte, an Olympic swimmer, said he felt like a superhero. Michael Phelps, who is expected to win multiple gold medals at the Beijing Games, said it was as if he were wearing a spacesuit.

In Gold We Trust
Source: Pufone Org

Real OG's

Crew rescues dolphin in a Speedo swimsuit
Source: -

A lucky adolescent male bottlenose dolphin is back to living nude and free in Gulf Coast Florida's Sarasota Bay after making a potentially fatal wardrobe choice early this summer.

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