Team GB Kit Unveiled for 2016 Rio Olympics

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Team GB Kit

As we get ever closer to the Rio Olympics this year (less than 100 days to go!), Stella McCartney has revealed the uniforms our nation’s athletes will be proudly sporting (if you excuse the pun) at the games which kicks off on the 5th of August.

This Olympics’ kit is 10% lighter than the previous kit as it uses new Clima technology – Adizero fabric. Another notable change is the removal of the Union Jack, replacing it with a unique coast of arms.

 

Olympic Cyclist Laura Trott
Olympic Cyclist Laura Trott
British Olympic cyclist Laura Trott stands alone on a white background wearing the Team GB uniform designed by Stella McCartney
Cyclist Laura Trott
Olympic Gymnast Max Whitlock
Olympic Gymnast Max Whitlock
British Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock stands alone on a white background wearing the Team GB uniform designed by Stella McCartney
Gymnast Max Whitlock
Olympic Diver Tom Daly
Olympic Diver Tom Daly
British Olympic diver Tom Daly stands alone on a white background wearing the Team GB uniform designed by Stella McCartney
Diver Tom Daly

McCartney says she “wants them to feel good about themselves”, wanting “them to like it – visually outside of technical performance gear”. She hopes it will live on beyond the games this year – which may be why it doesn’t feature the Rio Olympics’ logo, unlike 2012’s kit which included the controversial logo.

Continuing to evolve the kit, this is the first time women athletes have had their own kit, before Stella started designing the nation’s sportswear women wore the same kit as men, something Stella says she “really fought against”.

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