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Mark Fidrych used to do all sorts of odd things.

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Many of the swimmers have swim suits are scientifically designed to reduce drag (you will notice the men have no body hair to reduce drag). I was told by a competitive swimmer that the suits must be wet to reduce drag when entering the water (diving in). Not doing so, we are talking small fragments of a second, will take time for the suits to saturate. And yes this is a fraction of a second, but every 100th of a second saved might make a difference in a winning time.

I understand many of the high tech swim suits must be wet when they put them on to get a tight/smooth fit.

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No.

Those suits are more water-dynamic. If that's even a word. Many many hours of engineering go into the development of those suits to shave a thousandths of a second of a time. Every bit saved counts.