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Competitive swimwear generally refers to the apparel, equipment and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
, diving
Diving

Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
, synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming

Synchronised swimming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
, triathlon
Triathlon

A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of running, biking, and swimming over various distances. As a result, proficiency in swimming, cycling, or running alone is not sufficient to guarantee a triathlon athlete a competitive time, trained triathletes have learned to race each stage in a way that preserves their energy and endur...
 and water polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....
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Male Swimsuits A drag suit is a pair of baggy squarecut or speedo-style trunks that competitive swimmers may wear over their inner suit during training to provide extra resistance (or drag) from the water.






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Competitive swimwear generally refers to the apparel, equipment and accessories used in the aquatic sports of swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
, diving
Diving

Diving refers to the sport of performing acrobatics while jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games....
, synchronized swimming
Synchronized swimming

Synchronised swimming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
, triathlon
Triathlon

A triathlon is an endurance sports event consisting of running, biking, and swimming over various distances. As a result, proficiency in swimming, cycling, or running alone is not sufficient to guarantee a triathlon athlete a competitive time, trained triathletes have learned to race each stage in a way that preserves their energy and endur...
 and water polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....
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Brands


Female Swimsuits
  • Racerback
    Racerback

    A racerback is a type of women's swimsuit design common today among competitive swimwear and incorporated into some types of women's clothing....
  • Kneeskin
    Kneeskin

    A kneeskin is a type of competitive swimwear worn by both male and female athletes. Kneeskins are normally made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased Drag resistance in the water....
  • Bodyskin
    Bodyskin

    A bodyskin is a style of competitive swimwear worn by both female and male athletes. Bodyskins are normally made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased Drag resistance in the water....
  • LZR Racer
    LZR Racer

    The LZR Racer Suit is a line of high-end swim suits manufactured by Speedo using a high-technology swimwear fabric composed of woven elastane-nylon and polyurethane....


Male Swimsuits
  • Competition briefs or speedos
  • Jammers
  • Square leg suits
    Square leg suits

    The square cut or square leg style suit is a form-fitting male swimsuit used as a slightly more conservative style than swim briefs for water polo and diving, or for recreational wear....
  • Legskin
    Legskin

    A Legskin is a type of competitive swimwear worn by male swimmers. Most legskins are made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased Drag resistance in the water....
  • Kneeskin
    Kneeskin

    A kneeskin is a type of competitive swimwear worn by both male and female athletes. Kneeskins are normally made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased Drag resistance in the water....
  • Bodyskin
    Bodyskin

    A bodyskin is a style of competitive swimwear worn by both female and male athletes. Bodyskins are normally made of technologically advanced lycra-based fabrics designed to hug the body tightly and provide increased speed and decreased Drag resistance in the water....
  • LZR Racer
    LZR Racer

    The LZR Racer Suit is a line of high-end swim suits manufactured by Speedo using a high-technology swimwear fabric composed of woven elastane-nylon and polyurethane....
  • Drag Suit
A drag suit is a pair of baggy squarecut or speedo-style trunks that competitive swimmers may wear over their inner suit during training to provide extra resistance (or drag) from the water. Drag suits are meant to be worn over a long period of time to wear in the material and possibly tear the fabric. The more worn-in, torn or ripped the drag suit, the more resistance it provided the swimmer. Swimmers often knot up tears in a drag suit to prolong its life and increase resistance. Since drag suits make swimming more difficult, swimmers do not often wear drag suits in competition, unless they wish to continue training undisrupted through the duration of a meet. Drag suits originated as old, torn speedo-style suits that swimmers would wear over their normal speedos. Since the late 1980s and early 1990s, universities and swimming-intensive high schools/boarding schools began to order custom drag suits for their teams. Men's suits were usually boxer brief style suits, each with team names and/or logos on the rear. In the late nineties, the boxer brief style suit was manufactured in a mesh-style trunk by the major swimsuit manufacturers, including Arena
Arena (swimwear)

Arena is a brand of competitive swimwear created in 1973 at Adidas France, by its president Horst Dassler. Sold by Adidas in 1990, the brand now represents two unrelated product lines....
, Speedo
Speedo

Speedo is a manufacturer of swimwear and accessories. The company was started by Alexander MacRae under the name of MacRae Hosiery Manufacturers in Bondi Beach, New South Wales, an inner-eastern suburb of Sydney, Australia....
, AgonSwim, Nike
Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is a major Public company sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, near the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon....
 and TYR
Tyr Sports, Inc.

Tyr Sport, Inc. is a manufacturer of competitive swimwear and goggles, founded in 1985 and based in California. Contrary to popular belief, its name is not an acronym....
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Accessories
  • Goggles
    Goggles

    Goggles or safety glasses are forms of Eye protection that usually enclose or protect the eye area in order to prevent particulates, water or chemicals from striking the eyes....
  • Swim cap
    Swim cap

    A swim cap, or bathing cap, is a silicone, latex or lycra cap worn on the head by recreational and competitive Swimwear.Caps are worn to keep the hair relatively dry or free of chlorinated water, and keep water out of the ears when worn with ear plugs....
-Silicone
Silicone

Silicones are largely inert, man-made compounds with a wide variety of forms and uses. Typically heat-resistant, nonstick, and rubberlike, they are commonly used in cookware, medicine, sealants, adhesives, lubricants, and insulation....
 -Latex
LaTeX

LaTeX is a document markup language and Word processor for the TeX typesetting program. Within the typesetting system, its name is styled as ....


Training Gear
  • Training fins
  • Pull buoy
    Pull buoy

    A pull buoy is a figure-eight shaped piece of closed-cell foam used in swim workouts. Swimmers place the buoy between the legs in the crotch area to provide support to the body without kicking the legs; this allows the swimmer to focus on training only their arms....
  • Hand Paddles
  • Fistgloves
    Fistgloves

    Fistgloves are latex gloves that does not have individual sheaths for individual fingers, but rather a larger volume that is meant to take the hand in the shape of a fist....
  • Snorkel
  • Kickboard
  • Aqua Belt
  • Earplug
    Earplug

    An earplug is a device that is meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water, foreign bodies, dust or excessive wind....
  • Nose Clip