Culture2008-2010globalhigh confidence

High-tech swimsuits, including the Speedo LZR suit introduced in 2008, were banned in competitive swimming in 2010.

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Confirmed by multiple independent, contemporaneous, high-quality sources including news outlets and FINA's own decision reporting. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=silver indep_score=0.675 clusters=7 claim_tier=notable | kind=empirical eligibility=high]

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