Professor Ivan Marusic

ARC Laureate Fellow, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne

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The shape for speed

Meet Australian swimmers Cameron McEvoy and Kyle Chalmers – one is lean, the other is big. How their different body shapes will decide the 100m freestyle showdown at the Rio Olympics.

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