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Bye-bye LZRs

High-tech suits banned at high schools.

by Sally Mitani

posted 10/19/2009

When the Pioneer girls' swimming team won the national championship in 2006, Speedo outfitted the team with high-tech LZR ("laser") suits and has sold them to subsequent team recruits at deep discounts. But as the team--state Division 1 champs for nine consecutive years--starts up its fall season, the expensive, water-impermeable suits are history. Pioneer coach

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