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Great Britain skeleton speed suits brought to triathlon?
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Anybody keeping up with the current controversy surrounding GB skeleton teams speed suits in the Olympics? It seems the innovative material is designed with drag resistant ridges which is making some people on GBs skeleton team go much faster than expected? Other athletes are complaining about this advantage. Wondering about possible carryover to triathlon.

http://www.bbc.com/...er-olympics/43056114

https://sports.yahoo.com/...dsuit-133255737.html

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Last edited by: chuy: Feb 15, 18 11:56
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Re: Great Britain skeleton speed suits brought to triathlon? [chuy] [ In reply to ]
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chuy wrote:
Anybody keeping up with the current controversy surrounding GB skeleton teams speed suits in the Olympics? It seems the innovative material is designed with drag resistant ridges which is making some people on GBs skeleton team go much faster than expected? Other athletes are complaining about this advantage. Wondering about possible carryover to triathlon.

http://www.bbc.com/...er-olympics/43056114

https://sports.yahoo.com/...dsuit-133255737.html

While I'm sure the technology manufacturing process *could* be applicable, some could not afford them because they will still have to pay/save for an entry fee to their beloved M-Dot races.
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Seems to me that GB is sharing technology
http://www.cyclingnews.com/...ted-by-commissaires/

I wrote this, you should read it:
https://www.slowtwitch.com/...n_Swimming_6700.html
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Re: Great Britain skeleton speed suits brought to triathlon? [chuy] [ In reply to ]
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To be honest, this whole story sounds like complete bullshit if you ask me, I'm not buying it at all.

Everyone knows the rules, everyone knows that you have to get your equipment signed off by the governing body way in advance of the event and no team with any realistic prospect of a medal is going to show up to the pinnacle event of their very niche sport with non-compliant gear and risk being DQ'd.

The whole story just sounds like something that's been "leaked" (read: "fed") to the media to (1) give the event a bit more hype and exposure and/or (2) to get inside the heads of their competitors. It's just complete nonsense from start to finish.
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