Company unveils new hi-tech swimsuit in time for Paris Olympics [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. — With about four months to go before this year’s Summer Olympics in Paris, a Portland-based swimwear company hopes its new design will be on the big stage and bring home the gold.

Arena, an Italian swimwear company, with its U.S. headquarters in the Pearl District, claims its new suit solves a big problem for competitive swimmers, and it has to do with just putting it on.

Arena was born after Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Horst Dassler, the son of the founder of Adidas, saw huge potential in the sport, and a year later, created Arena.

The brand made its Olympic debut three years later at the 1976 Montreal Games.

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