Some female track stars now admit to Washington Post that Nike's Olympic uniforms are beautiful - nothing to be outraged about

Glad we got a comment from Thomas on wear-abouts.

Can't wait. Really look forward

But the patriarchy

OK, Rojo. Put your journalist hat on or have Gault find out if USATF sent out an email to women athletes strongly advising them to immediately cease criticisms of sugar daddy Nike or else...

Most of the initial reaction was the cut and that it looked like what GB wore previously though Adidas is dressing them for the Olympics. I do hope they have a womens uniform that matches the mens otherwise that'll look a bit weird for the mixed 4x4.

Regardless of the cut, they are still hideous. The red and blue blend together and they just look like a weird purple.

Wow, if "some" track athletes think they're fine then they must objectively be fine! No cherry picking here.

If there is even one single athlete - just one - who feels that this is their most preferred option, then I'm glad they have it (provided it doesn't come at the expense of other people having access to their preferred options, which it doesn't).

Unlike Fleshman and Quigley, these athletes will have the opportunity to wear them if they like them.

I made a national team once (long ago so things may have changed) but as a distance male I was offered shorts or half tights for competition.

on the same trip there must have been 8-9 options for the women (it was a cross country team so no other events)

buns, boy cuts, split shorts, 4 lengths of tights, a body suit, etc.

they can wear what they want. I’d imagine some woman will do the one leg compression like the basketball girls

Don't forget the font!

So this feed is pro female professional track athletes being force to show their vag during competition? Got it

I think it's the extremely naive to believe that Citius got its hands on that particular photo by happenstance.

I'd bet my house that the honchos at Nike deliberately released that particular photo of that one item of women's kit - shown to deliberately dramatic effect on an very dark-colored glossy plastic mannequin - because they knew exactly how it looked and they knew the kind of reaction and controversy it would prompt.

After all, that women's leotard/bodysuit with the crotch-revealing, high-cut leg openings didn't end up on that shiny, ebony-colored plastic mannequin by accident. It wasn't photographed that way by accident, either. Nor was the photo accidentally leaked.

That particular photograph of that one piece of women's kit was carefully, deliberately staged - and then selected for release - precisely because it plays up and draws attention to the crotch-revealing cut.

Nike knew exactly what it was doing. Releasing that photo was probably part of intentional, well-orchestrated, executive-approved publicity strategy - a strategy that is now going exactly as Nike planned. Indeed, I'd wager that it's probably going even better than Nike originally planned.

Because not only are people still talking about that piece of crotch-revealing Nike women's wear a week later, but now some prominent women in track & field are publicly championing it.

Gabby Thomas has even gone so far as to come out and say, "I love wearing as little clothes as possible" when competing. Which must be music to the ears of the design, PR and marketing teams at Nike.

The way the LRC software has automatically highlighted the word Nike in bright blue in my earlier post is extremely annoying. Now I see it's done it again in this post.

What gives? Is there a way to turn off this function so as not to give the appearance of shilling for mega corporations and name-brand products?

Opinions can be bought. If Nike pays enough there will be people like running naked.

I think there was a press event in NYC for Olympians where the athletes got to see the actual uniforms yesterday. That's why there apparently are several articles with similar quotes. Here's one from yahoo:

sports.yahoo.com

Nike, Team USA athletes defend controversial Olympic track & field outfits

@jaybusbee

After a photo of a women's track & field bodysuit drew heavy criticism, Nike and its athletes are providing context.

Link:sports.yahoo.com/nike-team-usa-athlete...