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LZR Racer enhances swimmers’ speed. As one of the world's fastest swimsuits, LZR Racer’s special material allows more oxygen flow to the muscles. Keeping the body in a hydrodynamic position, LZR racer ameliorates the body shape by repelling water and increasing swimmers’ flexibility. Particularly, the speedo company ultrasonically welded the seams of the swimsuits in order to reduce drag. With the LZR racer, swimmers hit the water like rockets. First appeared in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this special swimsuit helped American swimmers achieve astonishing high performance, including Michael Phelps who set a new world record and get eight gold metals. Additionally, LZR racer reshapes the body, creating a nice S-shape line symbolizing
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LZR racer’s unsexed fish body shape resonates with the Mermaid-like Sirens—an ancient Greek mythology figure. Furthermore, LZR racer’s attempt to make swimmers swim as fast as aquatic animals reflects a parallel between swimmers and mermaid, which is half fish half human. Besides, inspired by sharks, the design of LZR racer also retrieves the ancient practice of bio-mimicry. Researchers observed the science behind a shark’s body shape and skin to help swimmers become more competitive. For example, LZR racer’s unique fabric imitates shark’s smooth skin. LZR racer also mimics how sharp’s body manages the flow of water in the most efficient way. However, the practice of bio-mimicry can trace back to centuries ago. For example, before civilization, people developed hunting technic by the careful observation of natural hunters like wolves. In addition, early hunters living in rainforest needed weapons to hunt down prey. Inspired by local plants, they crafted poison guns using a substance that mimicked the poison found in a specific rainforest plant. The practice of bio-mimicry existed since the start of human races because early people needed animals’ guidance on how to survive and later become more