Nike's Swift System gives aerodynamic advantages

Nike's USATF Olympicuniforms feature new Nike Swift materials, reducing weight to achieveless drag and faster times, and also include Nike Aerographics and the "We the People" graphic. With seven percent less drag than the Athensversion, wearing the new Nike Swift Suit translates to a benefit ofabout .02 of a second in the 100m.

TheNike Swift System of Dress lets athletes customize what they're wearingwhile increasing aerodynamic advantages on key parts of the body.Gloves, socks and arm coverings, an entire system of dress, weredeveloped by Nike so sprinters could run faster. For example, the NikeSwift Suit gloves have dimpled fabrics like a golf ball to cut windresistance and allow arms to slice through the air faster. In testing,the design team found that compared with bare skin, the sleeves reducedrag by 19 percent and the socks by 12.5 percent.

Source: nikebiz.comAdded: 3 July 2008