Nike is under fire after Team USA’s track and field uniforms for the 2024 Paris Games were revealed this week — and the skimpy, hip-baring getup for female competitors has some Olympians wondering in the event that they’ll be flashing their genitals to the world this summer.
The corporate has been accused of sexism since unveiling the kit at a Nike Air event in Paris Thursday as critics questioned whether there was any input from female athletes, who would wish to stick to a sophisticated intimate grooming.
“Wait, my hoo haa is gonna be out,” long jump hopeful Tara Davis-Woodhall, who participated within the 2020 Olympics, commented under Citius Mag’s post, which first posted reported on the reveal.
“Skilled athletes should have the option to compete without dedicating brain space to constant pube vigilance or the mental gymnastics of getting every vulnerable piece of your body on display,” Lauren Fleshman, a retired US world champion runner, seethed in an Instagram post,
“If this outfit was truly useful to physical performance, men would wear it.”
Nike, nevertheless, defended its design, with Vice President of Apparel Innovation, Janett Nichol, telling CBS Sports that the uniforms “perform at the very best level” and insisted athletes were brought in to check them in the course of the process.
Nike is under fire after Team USA’s track and field uniforms for the 2024 Paris Games were revealed this week — and the skimpy, hip-baring getup even has Olympians wondering in the event that they’ll be flashing their genitals to the world this summer. fleshmanflyer/Instagram
“On the apparel side, why it’s a game-changer for us, is because we’ve now been capable of take athlete insights, together with data, and use that algorithm to create something that permits us to get to a level of specificity, fidelity, and accuracy that we’ve never been capable of do before,” Nichol said.
While still produced from skintight spandex, the lads’s outfit was rather more conservative with mid-thigh length shorts and a full-coverage tank top.
“If this outfit was truly useful to physical performance, men would wear it,” Lauren Fleshman, a retired US world champion runner, seethed on Instagram. fleshmanflyer/Instagram
The outfit appears to be a normal fit for men’s uniforms, but many don’t understand why Nike would go away their female athletes with a lot skin showing.
“That is clearly a joke … I’m someone’s mom, I can’t be exposing myself in such ways. Where are the shorts?!” Paralympian Femita Ayanbeku fumed on Instagram.
“There’s no way a female runner had any say in that design,” one other commenter wrote. “I hope USALF is paying for the bikini waxes.”
Nike, nevertheless, defended its design, with Vice President of Apparel Innovation, Janett Nichol, telling CBS Sports that the uniforms “perform at the very best level” and said athletes were brought in in the course of the process to check the uniforms. Yahoo News
“If the labia are hanging out on a still mannequin, what will we expect to occur to a moving person?” one other wondered.
The Post has reached out to Nike for comment.