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  • How much does your swimming costume affect your performance?
    BBC Click looks at the latest technology in elite-level swimsuits.
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  • @housenone6362
    @housenone6362 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    As a swimmer, these suits do help a little. 3-5%, which is still very significant in the world of swimming.

    • @XDF745
      @XDF745 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Nonsense. Recent improvements are minimal. This is mostly marketing.

  • @alanholguin3609
    @alanholguin3609 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    This reporter reminds me to stand straight and to eventually get some sun.

    • @adryana90
      @adryana90 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same, I was thinking he has such a bad posture 🥲 hope he is working on improving it

  • @AlanJLopez-gj5gf
    @AlanJLopez-gj5gf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great reporting! Thanks for sharing ❤

  • @ericB3444
    @ericB3444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I get my bathing suit $10 at Costco. It’s also elite.

    • @user-dc1dr9kr8x
      @user-dc1dr9kr8x 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Where is your fancy video then hmmmn?

    • @ericB3444
      @ericB3444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-dc1dr9kr8x my team is formatting it for 8K and for 4K with Dolby Atmos.

    • @adryana90
      @adryana90 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hater. You can stop watching the video if it doesn’t interest you. You are definitely not into swimming as a sport….

    • @ericB3444
      @ericB3444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@adryana90 wrong.

    • @NRClips3414
      @NRClips3414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bro..😂. You could go SOOOO much faster with a tech suit. The buoyancy is actually insane, so you can just use all of your energy towards pulling forward. But the don't last long at all, and expensive as f, BUT, if you are on a fairly elite team, teamates pass down suits.

  • @jimlawton4184
    @jimlawton4184 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It’s funny how he calls it a costume. Like they’re just pretending to swim 😅

  • @albertogadanha
    @albertogadanha 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Is this bbc or arena?

  • @dulynoted2427
    @dulynoted2427 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    How about a suit with fish scales?

  • @bijoyroy11
    @bijoyroy11 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Most of the comments seem very random. Bots?

    • @captglitzx
      @captglitzx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      yeah ngl what on earth is happening in this comment section

    • @brianfunt2619
      @brianfunt2619 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Have you seen the one that says "I DON'T LIKE SPORTS NUMBER"? Absolute classic

  • @oliversperling1546
    @oliversperling1546 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am a elite level swimmer myself and I can't seem to understand how Honey (an olympic swimmer (the best of the best)) in the video says she can get her suit on in around 10 minutes. When I get my new suits from Arena and Mizuno they take aound 4-6 hours to get on the first day. Is mine too compressive or does she just prefer a small amount of compression, unilke myself who is a sprinter..?

    • @Gary_Harlow
      @Gary_Harlow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hours?!?!

    • @marcmitc_3675
      @marcmitc_3675 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hours are definetly a wayyy too long time.. Watch if you really got the right size when you buy one and watch the arena tutorial (scan the QR Code in the Box) how to put it on. And before you put it on stretch the material with you hand and if you are putting it on do it with little steps like if you would put on some leggins... I ordered the Arena Primo Suit a few weeks ago and only needed like 12min for the very first time and whilst competition about 3min and honestly I think it shouldnt take so much longer.

  • @GIBBO4182
    @GIBBO4182 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    How long until these get banned?

    • @PP-3b2ox
      @PP-3b2ox 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They've been going for 14 yrs

    • @GIBBO4182
      @GIBBO4182 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PP-3b2ox bit late to be doing a report on them then

    • @NRClips3414
      @NRClips3414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They won't get banned, they are not super suits; much cheaper to make and not as fast when swimming in them.

  • @misterfunnybones
    @misterfunnybones 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I want to know the technology behind the prevention of wardrobe malfunction on Baywatch. Tape? Glue?

    • @Paws4Thought669
      @Paws4Thought669 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🤣It definitely stopped them coming hoff, no hassle

  • @BionicPig95
    @BionicPig95 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    All swimmers should just swim totally natural

    • @mmd2142
      @mmd2142 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      haha agree, however my guess is private parts would cause a lot of drag depending on the size !!

    • @BionicPig95
      @BionicPig95 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mmd2142 well I’ll certainly have an advantage there

    • @GuapoDelmonte
      @GuapoDelmonte 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mmd2142 The Chinese swimmers will start to win at the Olympics, between the steroids, GH & nudies.

    • @NRClips3414
      @NRClips3414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do y'all even swim. Tech suits aren't that OP, they're just helpful. I go similar times with and without one, only a few milliseconds off tbh

    • @BionicPig95
      @BionicPig95 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NRClips3414 I went to the neighborhood pool once as a kid. If that counts

  • @FUFUFUFPV
    @FUFUFUFPV 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How could you get into the water without the cap BBC?

  • @brianquigley1940
    @brianquigley1940 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If there is a difference, it must be minimal in performance... if so, by how much? Everything the swimmer said was subjective and has no scientific bearing whatsoever. Where are the objective measurements?

    • @PP-3b2ox
      @PP-3b2ox 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh it changes a lot - probably the most important is your body position - especially girls and women. There could potentially be a minimum of 3.4% drag reduction which is a lot

    • @brianquigley1940
      @brianquigley1940 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PP-3b2ox 3.4% is a lot. What do you mean by "body position"? Do you actually mean "shape"? That would make a difference.

    • @PP-3b2ox
      @PP-3b2ox 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brianquigley1940 shape as well - but what i meant is that it lifts you higher up in the water

    • @brianquigley1940
      @brianquigley1940 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @loonggak That makes no sense to me. Explain please.

    • @PP-3b2ox
      @PP-3b2ox 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brianquigley1940 When you wear the suit, it has internal taping on the back which is able to lift your legs up to the surface which ultimately provides a better/snappier kick

  • @mstreamm
    @mstreamm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How faster are they as compared to swimming in boxers and nude?

    • @scottconnelly6667
      @scottconnelly6667 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Faster than nude. Thats why they linit how much of the body can be covered

    • @NRClips3414
      @NRClips3414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      A ton, they help you float, and they squeeze your body a lot for hydrodynamics.

    • @lordjace
      @lordjace 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Compared to boxers, it’s an incredible difference, seconds on a 100m, difference with a speedo are way smaller, but still significant especially in the elite category. Some would argue, it might be up to half a second per 50m. I know that after getting mine, I swim PB after PB.

    • @vladtheinhaler3793
      @vladtheinhaler3793 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NRClips3414Sounds like the neoprene suits triathletes like to wear.

  • @DannySlay
    @DannySlay 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    lucky man

  • @Abcde_187
    @Abcde_187 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍

  • @GuapoDelmonte
    @GuapoDelmonte 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honey is a honey, she looks good in the swim-suit, but Alasdair does not look like a swimmer, he looks more like the
    blokes who sit in front of the TV - and watch the Olympics. One project I've been working on, mainly inside my head,
    not really practically, is a "new swimmers outfit", maybe similar to the swim-suit, but more elaborate, it entails a new
    fabric, made of "polystyrene foam" - it could be harnessed from an old esky, some made entirely of foam, some with
    the foam inlaid, just grab the foam, make a "swim-suit" out of it, making the swimmers "more buoyant" - it's the style
    of thinking of the "marine mammals" like the seals, walruses, whales, orca's, elephant seals, penguins, fairy penguins,
    emperor penguins, and dungog's, they all seem to have a very, very buoyant "body composition", they have FAT, FAT, FAT
    to FLOAT, FLOAT, FLOAT, something to think about, something to consider. Apart from the polystyrene foam swim-suits,
    I'm considering making "swimming-gloves" - that have FULLY-FINGER-WEBBING, and are somewhat similar to the style
    of "football goalies" gloves, making the hand seem "twice-as-big" except with the added "finger webbing" between the
    swimmers fingers, causing tremendous "water-grabbing-abilities" (WGA) Finally I would also consider a "foot extension
    boot" (FEB) that you just slip-on, like a shoe, or like a boot, enhancing the size, the width, the length, and the "kick ability"
    of the swimming athlete, it is not like a "flipper" - it is disguised as a "Human Foot", you could even get different tones,
    maybe even get a "tattoo", which doesn't even hurt, the best for the fairy penguins.
    LAST WORD: As I am an Aussie, true-blue, even though I was not born here, doesn't matter mate, I'm still a "true-blue"
    Aussie battler, sometimes even working as a "spark"............................................................................................................
    but mostly working as a genius, conceptualizing massive money-making ventures, that have sparked BILLION DOLLAR
    COMPANIES, and I have seen, ESKY-LIKE FLOATING ABILITIES, in some of our athletes, or should I say Marine Mammals.

    • @patrick_3723
      @patrick_3723 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      are you ok

  • @Nanny-Camilla
    @Nanny-Camilla 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Uk 🇬🇧 needs a Statue of Sir Oswald Mosley 🤵🏻‍♂️ in Birmingham 🇬🇧

  • @TheHelper-l9m
    @TheHelper-l9m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OT!!!
    Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV stations --WOR and WLVI!

  • @shankarbalakrishnan2360
    @shankarbalakrishnan2360 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤🎉🎉

  • @guff9567
    @guff9567 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cheats

  • @boris8787
    @boris8787 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wouldn't wear that suit in my town. ⛔⛔⛔

  • @Isclachau
    @Isclachau 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Meanwhile hundreds of immigrants are gate crashing Glastonbury 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @victorvictor8830
    @victorvictor8830 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Elena Zelenskaya placed an order for the first new Bugatti car for 4,500,000 euros. Thanks to all taxpayers of the USA, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Korea. In fact, if you divide it between everyone, it’s not that much.😂😂😅

  • @wengs4788
    @wengs4788 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Swimmers pee in the pool.

  • @aftabalamsaudialamaftab921
    @aftabalamsaudialamaftab921 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I DON'T LIKE SPORTS NUMBER. 06 13 16...THIEF.

  • @fcarrynews
    @fcarrynews 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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