LZR Racer Results
Fastskin LZR Racer
- 10th August 2008
- First LZR Racer World Record Broken in Beijing
- In the first of the swimming finals in Beijing, Michael Phelps was among the Speedo athletes to make the headlines.
In the Men’s 400m Medley Michael Phelps began his quest to win a record 8 gold medals in the pool. The race was a battle between Phelps, Lochte and Cseh. On the last length Phelps broke away, bagging the gold and World Record in his Speedo LZR RACER in a cool 4:03.84. Also in a Speedo LZR RACER, Lochte grabbed the bronze. Picking up his gold medal Phelps said;
"Afterwards, I looked up and saw President Bush giving me a thumbs up and holding up the American flag. It was pretty cool". To prepare for his next race Michael said he’s planning to "Eat, sleep and swim. That’s all I can do. Get some calories into my system and try to recover the best I can."
Speedo sponsored Stephanie Rice (AUS) started her campaign, as she took to the water in her Speedo LZR RACER for the Women’s 400m Individual Medley. Throughout the race Rice led the way with Speedo athletes Kirsty Coventry (ZIM) and Katie Hoff (US) battling for silver. Rice picked up the gold and smashed Hoff’s WR in 4:29.45, with Coventry winning silver and Hoff the bronze.
A fantastic start to the competition – another 2 WRs achieved in the Speedo LZR RACER and the first of a possible 8 gold medals for Phelps!
There were Speedo LZR RACER’s aplenty on the blocks for the Men’s 400m Freestyle. After getting off to a great start Speedo athlete Grant Hackett (AUS) began to drop back while Taehwan Park (KOR) and Lin Zhang (CHN), both wearing a Speedo LZR RACER, broke from the pack. During the last 100m Park took control and cruised to the finish line getting the gold (3:41.86). The Chinese fans were cheering as Zhang scored a silver (3:42.44) while Larsen Jensen of the US bagged a bronze.
The crowd fired up again for the last race of the day the women's 4x100m freestyle relay. All eyes on were on 41 year old Speedo sponsored athlete Dara Torres and her team mate Natalie Coughlin as they went head to head with Aussie Speedo athlete, Libby Trickett, in the Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay.
After breaking the WR in Eindhoven the Dutch were always going to be strong contenders but the US and Australia battled away till the final stroke. After a tough race the Netherlands snatched the gold, while the US picked up silver and the Australian team, bronze.
As well as swimmers smashing another 2 WRs in the Speedo LZR RACER bringing the tally up to a cool 50, today also saw 4 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals secured by swimmers wearing the suit!
