When a 100-meter swimmer dives into the water, every angle of his body, every plane of the shape he becomes, can mean a split second is won or lost – and equally the race.
Like the super sports Lamborghini Temerario accelerating from zero to 100 kilometers per hour in just 2.7 seconds, two-time world champion swimmer Filippo Magnini commands maximum aerodynamic, or ‘hydrodynamic’ efficiency to be the best.
“I have two objectives,” says Magnini.
“I must produce the best technical competency and power: this is my style, giving me the best hydrodynamic performance.” In the video, “Sculpted by Speed”, the velocity of a supreme sprint swimmer is everything, says Magnini.
For him, the 100-meter distance is the benchmark for the fastest, most aerodynamic swimmers, like a super sports car defined by its zero-to-100 talent.
“As in the development of Temerario, we seek the optimum dynamic profile to cut through the air or cut through the water: we want maximum velocity in our respective environments.”