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Craft Sportswear Spills Its Speed-Skating-Suit Secrets

The Netherlands' Yvonne Nauta competing in the Women's Speed Skating 5000m at the Sochi Winter OlympicsPhotograph by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images
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The key to great Olympic uniforms is in the ears. That is to say: The apparel-maker should listen closely to the athletes.

That’s the main reason the speed-skating suits of Craft Sportswear, a tiny Swedish brand, have made it onto the podiums in Sochi, according to Chief Executive Officer Jonas Peterson.