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Under Armour extended its sponsorship contract with the U.S. speedskating team for eight more years, recommitting to the sport after criticism that its suits slowed down athletes at this year’s Sochi Games.

The contract, which had been due to expire this year, will now last until Dec. 31, 2022, the Baltimore-based company said today in a statement. As part of the deal, Under Armour will remain the team’s exclusive provider of competition suits.

Under Armour’s suits have come under scrutiny during the Olympics because no American has medaled in any speedskating events. The U.S. had won four medals in speedskating in the 2010 Vancouver Games. Some athletes blamed a design flaw in the suits’ rear ventilation panels, the Wall Street Journal reported last week.

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