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Speedo has today unveiled its exclusive aquatic sports uniform range for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games - with a parade of elite athletes headlining the launch at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

Speedo’s superstar swimmers Mack Horton and Emma McKeon led a host of fellow athletes from across all aquatic sports disciplines who will line up at the Tokyo Olympics in Speedo’s innovative competition racing and training suits.

The pool competition wear features Speedo’s latest tech race suits; Fastskin Pure Intent and Fastskin Pure Valor, both designed to combine 20 years of pioneering performance with innovative new technologies and new fabrics to make the perfect suit for every type of competitive aquatics athlete.

For the Tokyo Olympics, Speedo has returned to nature to look at how sharks and other fish reduce drag when they swim. Some of the world’s leading research institutions have looked not only at the skin features of fish in existence now, but also at the ancestors of modern day sharks, that have long been extinct.

Speedo has also worked with the Natural History Museum in London as well as with partners in other industries, including Formula 1, with the latest Fastskin suits, the smartest to date.

The Fastskin Pure Intent is designed around a deeper understanding of hydrodynamics and the biomechanics of swimming, with its flexible zoned compression, giving the swimmer a wider range of motion in the legs and making it easier to put on and more comfortable to wear. There are three brand new fabrics which directly target flexibility, compression and drag reduction in the areas that need it.

The Fastskin Pure Valor is Speedo’s most lightweight technical swimsuit and features moderate compression along with bonded seams for comfort and speed.

Talking about the suits, Horton stated “I feel really flexible in the Speedo Fastskin Pure Intent and it’s helping me power through the water. This is the best racing suit in the world and I’m really looking forward to wearing it this year.”

Australia’s most decorated female swimmer, Emma McKeon added “the Speedo Fastskin Pure Intent is a lot easier to put on. The shoulders are much more comfortable and I feel fast wearing it! When I stand on the blocks, I’m feeling confident that the suit is going to help me.”

Speedo Brand Manager, Graham Eyres, said Speedo was excited and proud to be revealing the Tokyo outfits.

Eyres noted “Speedo is part of the Aussie DNA and during the Olympic and Paralympic Games we will all be inspired by the stories, strength and determination of our nation’s athletes.

“With that inspiration we want to encourage all Aussies to make waves in their own way, by participating in an aquatic sport and do a really Aussie thing - just have a go in a Speedo.”

 Three-time Paralympic gold medallist Brenden Hall advised “Speedo has always been at the forefront of swimsuit technology and an important part of my medal winning performances at the Games. I know I can swim my best in Fastskin.”

Australian Paralympic Team Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin, went on to say “our Paralympians know when they put on the green and gold Speedos they are ready to perform for Australia. The Paralympic swimwear also incorporates our unique indigenous design, The Journey, depicting the genesis of the Paralympic family and how far we’ve all come together. I know it will be worn with pride.”

In addition to the pool racing swimwear Speedo will provide the competition swimwear for water polo players, divers and surfers.

Images: Athletes at the launch of Speedo's new sports uniform range today (top, from left) Paralympians Tiffany Thomas-Kane, Col Pearse, Ellie Cole, Kiera Stephens and Brenden Hall; (middle, from left) Emma McKeon, Lani Pallister, Mack Horton and Matt Wilson in the swimming competition fastskin suits; and (below, from left) Laura Taylor, Brianna Throssell, Jake Packard and Clyde Lewis in the training and replica range. Credit: Speedo Australia.

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