Tyr Technology
Tyr has focused on development of hi-technology fabric suits for the past three Olympiads. The company began research on full body suits in 1999 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, concluding that their suits were capable of reducing drag by 6%. In 2004, Tyr became the first company to break down the components of drag caused by racing suits. Assisted by the University at Buffalo and the State University of New York, Tyr's suits proved to reduce pressure drag by 18%, wave drag by 53% and overall drag by 10%.
Beginning at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in 1999, full body suit tests concluded drag reduction was achieved by 6% at the International Center for Aquatic Research. Results were published in the Journal of Medicine, Science, Sports & Exercise.
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