Posted AT 6:00 AM EST on 21/08/08
Speedo's LZR Racer: from Beijing to the beach
The bikini is over: The flimsy two-piece is no longer the defining form of female swimwear. It will go the way of the Ark, platform shoes and sport utility vehicles. That must certainly be the silent prayer of Stephen Rubin, the chairman of
Pentland Group PLC, who has over the past fortnight been mentally toting up his potential profits as Olympic winners emerged from the pool in Beijing's Water Cube clad in Speedo's body-hugging one-piece LZR Racer swimsuit.
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