Sportwool
Sportwool™ is a unique fabric engineered by CSIRO for use in active sportswear that is more comfortable before, during and after vigorous physical exercise, allowing athletes and sports people to achieve peak performance.
Worn by Australia’s Olympic team at Athens, Sportwool™ combines the best characteristics of natural and man-made fibres in a single product, redefining the standard for comfort and performance of active sportswear.
Sportwool™ is a lightweight, composite fabric consisting of a layer of machine-washable superfine Merino wool next to the skin and a layer of tough, easy-care polyester on the outside.
Benefits of Sportwool™
As a result of Sportwool™’s unique construction:
- the wearer feels cooler more quickly and formation of liquid sweat is delayed
- liquid sweat is carried away from the skin to the outside of the fabric, leaving the inside dry and resulting in less ‘clammy’ garment cling
- the wearer stays cooler when exercising
- ‘post-exercise chill’ is reduced.
In addition, Sportwool™ is elastic, provides UV protection and does not retain odours.