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In Russia, it is common for people to swim outside in winter wearing their bathing suits (usually Speedos for the men and non-athletic suits for the women). Because TAR has already "been there, done that," this is a dry land variation of the custom, the purpose being to expose the racers to the bitter cold while wearing as little as possible. Unfortunately, this roadblock more resembles Boston's annual pre-Christmas Santa Speedo Run, where the runners race in Speedos (men) or bikinis (women) instead of Russian ice swimming.

Typing this the Friday before the episode airs, I would surmise that the clue requires that the roadblock participants race in their underwear. If the clue stated swimwear, I would think the producers would have provided swimwear for the racers taking part like they did in the Romanian roadblock where they provided leotards for those taking part, since there are some racers who may not have brought swim trunks or a bathing suit with them given that the Race took place in October/November. The producers did provide swimwear during TAR9 for the Moscow platform diving roadblock and the Rottnest Island crab catching roadblock.

Going back to the Romanian roadblock, given that the leotards were white and apparently unlined, we already got a clue as to what bra and underwear styles the female racers who took part wore while on the Race. In other words, too much information.