Morita sets national record in Speedo's LZR Racer

Morita sets national record in Speedo's LZR Racer

ROME, Italy - Japan's Tomomi Morita rewrote the national record in the men's 50-meter backstroke donning Speedo's high-tech LZR Racer suit at a meet in Rome on June 6. Morita came in fourth place in the non-Olympic event but clocked 25.38 seconds to better the Japanese mark by 0.01.

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