Nike’s ‘hoo haa’ Olympic uniforms reveal everything, including sexism in sport

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Nike’s ‘hoo haa’ Olympic uniforms reveal everything, including sexism in sport
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Uniforms should be issued, not designed by the country. Some countries have invested $10,000s of dollars to ensure their athletes have the least amount of drag, namely in swimming. At that point, it isn't the talent of the athlete, it's the clothes. Put everyone on even playing ground clothes wise.

This would be my preference. The Olympic committee should put out a set of design and material guidelines, and each athlete can choose from that. That can have them printed with different patterns or whatever, but it must meet the guidelines. There should probably be several different shapes for "men" and "women" patterns that anyone can choose from any set.