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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Exclusive by Sean Ingle in Paris

Team GB’s secret Olympic weapon revealed: go-faster trisuits

Alex Yee of Great Britain celebrates winning the World Triathlon Series in Cagliari in May.
Alex Yee of Great Britain celebrates winning the World Triathlon Series in Cagliari in May. Photograph: Tiziano Ballabio/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Great Britain’s triathletes will pursue Olympic gold in Paris with the help of a new weapon: cutting edge trisuits designed to make them go faster on the water or a bike.

The new kit, which uses different materials and covers more of the body than conventional trisuits, was tested secretly in competition by Team GB’s Alex Yee and Beth ­Potter in a world series race in Cagliari in May. Yee won his race, while Potter was third.

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