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Tuesday, August 02, 2016

Some Call It Innovation, Others Technical Doping. Objective is to Improve Performance

Olympians suit up in high-tech apparel to shave off seconds: https://t.co/Gn4mEzggHD pic.twitter.com/IqWIJsySwH

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) August 3, 2016
Posted by jdf at 11:51 PM
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