The reveal of Nike’s kits for Team USA’s track and field Olympians has sparked controversy across social media as professional runners, Olympic hopefuls and fans zeroed in on the featured women’s one-piece suit, which is unusually high-cut on the legs.
“This is clearly a joke,” Femita Ayanbeku, a two-time Paralympian wrote in a comment under an Instagram post of the uniforms. “I’m someone’s mom, I can’t be exposing myself in such ways. Where are the shorts?!”
The men’s design included in the first-look promo photo has shorts that hit the mannequin’s mid thigh.
During a Nike event unveiling the Team USA gear in Paris on Thursday, sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson and hurdler Anna Cockrell modeled other apparel options including a two-piece set and a bodysuit with compression shorts.
Nike’s chief innovation officer John Hoke said there are “nearly 50 unique pieces across men’s and women’s and a dozen competition styles fine-tuned for specific events,” per The New York Times.
Here’s 2023 100m world champion Sha’Carri Richardson in the new Team USA Olympic team uniform by Nike. https://t.co/83xlsLbIGw pic.twitter.com/jCm72sgbCS
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In response to the women’s bodysuit included in the first-look promo photo,…
