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According to ESPN, last week U.S. Speedskating renewed their contract with Under Armour.  The new contract will see the apparel company providing uniforms through at least 2022.  The announcement is significant following the United State’s disappointing results during the 2014 Winter Games, not medaling in the sport for the first time since 1984.  Under Armour had designed high tech Mach 39 suits for the 2014 team in partnership with Lockheed Martin.  Computer designed and exhaustedly tested in wind tunnels, they were billed as “the world’s fastest.”  The struggling United States clearly placed blame on the suit when halfway through the Games they switched to an older uniform style.