Arena 50th anniversary Elite Team signature collection media kit

The instinct of the predator, the intelligence of the bird of prey, the power of the primate, the shrewdness of the insect, the mystery of the legend. Are they innate, eternal talents that have been there since before each of us noticed them, or do they appear only from the moment we realize they exist?

What if each of us had a totem: a natural or mystical entity that accompanies us in the discovery of a talent and feels connected to us for life?

Arena, for its 50th birthday, asked 10 of its most representative athletes to tell which creature best represented them and why. What is the primordial instinct that guides them in their choices, from training to the starting block?

Creatures of the sky, the earth, and the ocean, the collection is unveiled at the dawn of the most anticipated event of the season, the Fukuoka World Championships when for the athletes of Team Elite, the time to evoke their animal instinct has come.

For each athlete, the perfect swimsuit. Powerskin Carbon Glide, Powerskin Carbon Core FX, and Powerskin Carbon Air² are the three racing models of the collection that are seen to fit each Totem animal the combination of the best suit for the champion who wears it.

The signature kit is completed by the swim cap Moulded Pro II hood, shaped and hydrodynamic for perfect adherence during the performance, and by the ideal training arena swimsuits: Jammer for men and Challenge Back for women.

BORN IN Port Lincoln, Australia on 6/25/1998

SPECIALITY Freestyle

HIGHLIGHTS Olympics 1 gold 1 silver 4 bronzes - World Championships 2 golds 4 silvers 1 bronze

TOTEM ANIMALS Great White Shark

PARTICULAR SIGNS Predator, elegant, ruthless

For someone like Kyle Chalmers who grew up in Port Lincoln, South Australia, the Great White Shark is part of his everyday life: it has always been there, before you and any of your ancestors. It is an animal that you fear when you swim in the ocean, but at the same time you respect and admire. Shark cage diving is an experience dedicated only to the bravest, which leads you to see the enormous sharp teeth of the shark close to your face.

When Kyle first dived into a cage in the cold waters of the Indian Ocean, he was fascinated by the elegance of that large predator. It only took an instant, maybe less, for what looked like a distant shape to materialize with its jaws open and slam into the cage that separated Kyle from the Great White Shark.

Fast, unpredictable, ruthless.

You cannot know exactly how many meters, or how many seconds of advantage you would need to save yourself from the pursuit of a Great White Shark. Even if you try to count them, they will never seem enough, just like the seconds and meters of distance that Kyle Chalmers, a loved, respected, and feared predator in the world of swimming, leaves between himself and his opponents before starting his gold hunt.

BORN IN Siberia, Russia 29/02/1992

NATIONALITY'American

SPECIALITY' Freestyle

HIGHLIGHTS Paralympics 15 gold 7 silver 6 bronze - World Championships 35 gold 15 silver 2 bronze

TOTEM ANIMALS Mermaid

PARTICULAR SIGNS Free, mysterious, legendary

Which little girl who loves to swim hasn't dreamed of being a mermaid?

To possess the mysterious charm of a creature so strong and so graceful at the same time? This is what Jessica Long feels every time she jumps into the water.

Since she was a child and swam in her grandparents' pool, just like Ariel, the Little Mermaid par excellence, she was able to feel free only when she spent hours underwater.

Even today, many years after those first dives, Jessica simply loves to let her hair down and let it float as she drifts in her favorite element, where she feels in control of her every gesture.

Are mermaids really legendary creatures fruit of man's imagination? Legendary, is certainly what Jessica Long's career is as well as her 52 medals at the World Championships.

Resurrection Bay, located in the southeastern part of the Gulf of Alaska, at first glance, may seem like a surreal place, filled as it is with huge frozen rocks, which plunge into the icy waters of the Pacific Ocean.

For Lydia Jacoby, that place made of immense spaces, cold temperatures, and free animals is simply home. And as much as she can explore, travel and learn about the world, she will always feel deeply connected to that precise point on the map.

Just like the orca, her totem, which lives sedentary in the icy waters of Alaska, Lydia is a social animal too, tied to her origins and her family.

When we think of large predators, we often make the mistake of forgetting that the orca is at the top of the food chain and that it is capable of attacking even whales and dolphins, thanks to its sharp teeth. An often underrated animal, it is not as feared as it should be. Underestimated as in the past, a young athlete who comes from Alaska also felt, capable of surprising her biggest prey in the icy water of an Olympic pool.

BORN IN Carpi, Italy 05/09/1994

SPECIALITY freestyle

HIGHLIGHTS Olympics 1 gold 1 silver 1 bronze - World Championships 5 gold 3 silver 4 bronze

TOTEM ANIMALS: Dragon

2 PARTICULAR SIGNS: Unpredictable, brave, supernatural

For some things, it's better not to try to find explanations and to rationalize them.

Some magical moments, to remain magical must be surrounded by an aura of mystery.

The history of sports is full of moments like this.

Historic feats, legendary duels, and incredible performances result from something that seems to go beyond the laws of physics and science. It happens that the magic manifests itself in impossible comebacks, in athletes who now seem doomed, capable instead of triumph.

Other times, the magic manifests itself in making everything simply perfect, from start to finish. The athlete almost shines with his own light, illuminated by something supernatural, which belongs to him, but which at the same time dominates and elevates him. This is the feeling that Gregorio Paltrinieri tries to evoke every time he enters the race. A feeling that he visualizes in the features of a huge dragon.

Big, strong, ancestral, powerful. He clings to it when everything seems to be going wrong and needs to catch a second wind. And it does it even when everything goes well because sometimes the dragon doesn't even need to be evoked. Greg is the dragon.

BORN IN Stockholm, Sweden 08/17/1993

SPECIALITY freestyle/butterfly

HIGHLIGHTS Olympics 1 gold 2 silver 1 bronze World Championships 10 gold 7 silver 3 bronze

TOTEM ANIMALS: Eagle

PARTICULAR SIGNS: Regal, powerful, majestic

The eagle symbolizes power, victory, and majesty par excellence.

Above the eagle's head, there is nothing but the sun, while below it is the rest of the animal kingdom.

It is called a firebird, due to its ability to challenge the Sun by looking at it without burning and assimilating the power from its rays. It is the most regal thing that can soar above the hardness of the earth.

It therefore comes as no surprise that the eagle is the Totem animal of Sarah Sjostrom, who has been the queen of speed, in swimming for over 14 years, holder of records that seem carved in stone, and a woman capable of performances that will go down in the history of this sport.

For Sarah, the connection with the eagle is almost difficult to explain, as if there weren't simply a characteristic, a detail that unites them, but a real natural imprinting, a sparkling reflection.

Because greatness recognizes greatness.

BORN IN Tàrnok, Hungary 02/20/2000

SPECIALITY butterfly

HIGHLIGHTS Olympics 1 gold 1 silver World Championships 3 golds 1 silver

TOTEM ANIMALS: Falcon

PARTICULAR SIGNS: Fast, smart, ambitious

Fast.

Faster.

Indeed, the fastest. The falcon is the fastest animal that inhabits our skies and can reach 385 km/h in a dive.

Speed ​​is thrilling, it is an instinct.

It is freedom and necessity at the same time.

The structure of the falcon is perfect for achieving this purpose, long and powerful wings, drop-shaped body, and claws ready to grab the prey. If the speed of this bird is an innate talent for Kristof Milak, world record holder in the 200 meters butterfly, the search for rhythm is a continuous challenge, it stems from his natural gift, but he trains hard, day after day, in order to build finally the perfect gesture.

A continuous challenge, that of speed, with himself and with his opponents to be able to give the public an always new and exciting show. Studying every single move, like the witty and calculating falcon does, always trying to hunt so as not to run the risk of being hunted.

Racing suit Powerskin Carbon Air²- price 400€

BORN IN Bucharest, Romania 09/15/2004

SPECIALITY freestyle

HIGHLIGHTS World Championships 2 gold

TOTEM ANIMALS: Dragonfly

PARTICULAR SIGNS: swift, light, dangerous

There is a predator capable of capturing prey, eating it and returning to where it started in a second and a half. It can travel on the water’s surface at up to 50 km/h. His attacks are successful in 97% of cases and he has inhabited this planet for over 325 million years.

It would be easy to imagine a frightening and mammoth creature, perhaps full of sharp teeth and powerful claws, while instead, the unique, elegant and slightly bizarre appearance makes this animal seemingly harmless.

The dragonfly is a surprising and still mysterious animal in many of its aspects.

David Popovici, a unique and fascinating talent in the world of swimming, has chosen it as a Totem animal, and it is impossible not to see in the reflection of the flight of this long-limbed and graceful animal also the swim technique of the 100 meters and 200 meters freestyle world champion, which seems to glide smoothly over the surface with his long arms, creating a completely different silhouette from anyone around him. The characteristics of the dragonfly make it different from all other insects, just like the physical and technical characteristics make David a unique athlete in the world scenario of freestyle.

Racing suit Powerskin Carbon Air²- price 400€

BORN IN Villeurbanne, France 12/11/1990

SPECIALITY' freestyle

HIGHLIGHTS Olympics 1 gold 3 silver World Championships 4 golds

TOTEM ANIMALS: Gorilla

PARTICULAR SIGNS: Strong, passionate, aware

Don't make the gorilla angry.

Even if it seems good, and it probably is, it would be a great idea to remember that in the jungle he is the biggest, so perhaps it is not worth finding out what could happen if he uses all his power.

Tied to family values ​​just like the big primate, Florent Manaudou, the gentle giant of the world of swimming, is also strong, very strong. Although he can’t lift 815 kg like an adult gorilla can, he certainly intimidates all his opponents when he shows up at the starting block, ready to unleash all his inexhaustible strength in a pool.

The awareness of this vigor, however, is not only a deterrent for others but also a real mantra, a point on which to concentrate in order to be ready for the challenge, feeling the energy cross one's arms, feeling it grow training after training, determined to move the mass of water that divides him from success.

BORN IN Sugar Land, Texas, USA 02/08/1996

SPECIALITY freestyle

HIGHLIGHTS Olympics 2 gold 2 silver 1 bronze World Championships 11 gold 3 silver 2 bronze

TOTEM ANIMALS: Black Panther

PARTICULAR SIGNS: Graceful, fearless, resilient

Never underestimate the heart of a black panther.

During the 2019 World Championships, Simone Manuel arrived at the starting blocks of the 100 meters freestyle final with the last entry time.

Lane 1. A subdued semifinal, with low expectations. No favor of the forecast.

But a black panther never starts out defeated because at the climax she arrives there defiant, aware that she can win, ready to exploit the darkness and silence to her own advantage.

So Simone won, trying to go beyond the fatigue and obstacles, swimming with grace and elegance even under pressure, just like the panther of myths and legends, that one of films and stories but also that one of nature and the jungle would have done, as strong as it is unpredictable when it sneaks around unsuspecting prey.

That gold medal, which arrived in a race with such complicated premises, is precious among Simone's memories because it reminds her of her deep bond with the spirit of the black panther. Fearless, strong, and full of grace.

BORN IN Macaé, Brazil 06/30/1989

SPECIALITY' freestyle

HIGHLIGHTS Olympics 1 bronze World Championships 3 silver 1 bronze

TOTEM ANIMALS: Jaguar

PARTICULAR SIGNS: Instinctive, meticulous, aggressive

If you really are the fastest, you don't need to be patient, you can catch your prey whenever you want. If you're the best, you don't need a strategy. If you've worked the hardest, if you're sure you're the toughest, the problem is no longer yours, it becomes your opponents’ problem. There are no good times and bad times, periods of good shape, and others of decline. On every occasion, the jaguar who lives in Bruno Fratus' heart will climb onto the block and become all his opponents’ nightmares.

The jaguar is not only the symbol of the military in Brazil, but it is an animal that touches the deepest soul of all Brazilians. Proud, spirited, passionate. Being a predator, having an animal instinct is something you cannot ignore whenever there is the scent of competition in the air: this is what led Bruno to win international medals in the shortest and most adrenaline-pumping race of the entire program. Overcoming yourself without setting limits.

Simply attack, always.

Just like a jaguar with his hypnotic coat does, capable of going into the water to hunt a crocodile, and get the better of it.

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Made from just one piece of fabric, the Powerskin Carbon-Air2 has only one bonded seam at the back, which offers supreme comfort and reduces any potential restriction of movement since there are fewer pressure points on the body. In addition, the absence of multiple seams means that the suit absorbs less water, resulting in less drag and an advanced hydrodynamic effect that helps the swimmer glide cleanly through the water. The Carbon-Air2 is made from the same proven woven fabric as the original Carbon-Air, including Horizontal Carbon Bands, so all the benefits of this fabric are retained: lightness, compression, low drag. Together, these attributes combine to make the new Carbon-Air2 lighter, more flexible, and more comfortable.

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The best compromise between the high hydrodynamics of a racing cap and the comfort needed for long training sessions, now improved in stability. Moulded Pro II swim caps use 3D moulding for a smooth, wrinkle-free surface that improves glide. Entirely made in silicone, PVC free, it is cut for a snug fit and extra comfort.

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is professional swimmers' favorite training swimsuit. It comes with the popular Challenge Back, provided with thin, easy and comfortable shoulder straps that deliver flexibility and a greater freedom of movement, while its high-cut leg design ensures maximum comfort even in long sessions. 100% chlorine-proof.