Tomorrow Today | The science of swimming

First they were developed with great effort and expense,but beginning in 2010 they are to be banned: the high-tech swimsuits that helped athletes set several new world records a few days ago at the swimming world championships in Rome.We wanted to know what the secrets of these swimsuits are and how much difference they really make in the competition for records and medals. Researchers in Leipzig have studied this question scientifically in Europe’s most modern swimming canal.