Controversy
Prior to the start of the ban of the high-tech super-slick swimsuits at the beginning of 2010, over 130 World Records have already been beaten using the high-tech fabrics. Nearly every medal winner at the 2008 Summer Olympics made use of the high-tech swimwear, which is seen as the catalyst behind the "technological arms race" in professional swimming competitions including the 2009 World Championships. World Champion American swimmer Aaron Peirsol, who swam two World Record times at the 2009 World Championships, jokingly said "A lot of us are joking that this might be the fastest we ever go, we might as well enjoy this (2009) year". Helene Elliot of the Los Angeles Times suggests that the World Records set with the use of the high-tech suits be "accompanied by an asterisk".
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