High-tech swim suits lead to amazing records in World Championships

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Is it the skill they show, or the suits they wear? The debate continues to rage on as competitors show-off new performance-enhancing high-technology suits at the World Championships.

Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom celebrates after winning gold and beating a  world record during the women's 100m butterfly final at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Rome.(AFP/Francois Xavier Marit)

The high-tech suits played a big role as swimmers registered a flood of world records. By the evening of the first session, five world as well as several championship records were history.

In the women's 100m butterfly, Sarah Sjostrom from Sweden won gold in a time of 56.06. beating her won record by 0.38 seconds. It was her second record in as many days.

Sarah Sjostrom said, "I am so glad to broken the world record. Frankly, I still can not believe I won."