<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Nike's 2024 Paris Olympic track and field uniforms stir controversy"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Nike’s new 2024 Paris Olympic track and field uniforms were said to be designed with athletes in mind, but the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/03/13/free-people-micro-shorts-jokes/72961854007/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">internet isn’t buying it</a>. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">It all started when <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5n8cw0rSNH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Citius Magazine</a>, a running publication, posted a first look at the Nike kits that the U.S. track and field team will wear this summer.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:451px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/04/17/USAT/73361640007-athingmu-2.jpg?width=300&height=451&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/04/17/USAT/73361640007-athingmu-2.jpg?width=600&height=902&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Athing Mu, a track and field runner on Team USA sports a look from Nike's new national kit."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Thousands of people and some athletes flooded the comment section of the post, criticizing the design of the women’s uniform pictured, which is a blue and red striped leotard that says “USA.” Those lambasting the look say it's just far too skimpy.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Athletes like Olympic pole vaulter Katie Moon and former U.S. track and field athlete Lauren Fleshman have weighed in on the matter since the post went viral.</p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_ig" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadInstagram" data-v-src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5n8cw0rSNH/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=12&wp=1116&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com" aria-label="Instagram Embed"><a target="_blank" class="gnt_em_ig_bl" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5n8cw0rSNH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&img_index=1" rel="nofollow noopener" aria-label="view Instagram post: "><svg class="gnt_em_ig_bl_svg"><use xlink:href="#gnt_svg_instagram"/></svg></a></aside><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“Take the old USA kit, and make it ✨less✨” Philly Bowden, a professional runner wrote in the comments. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Here’s what to know about the recent controversy, including what Nike has to say. </p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_mt">What does Nike have to say about all this? </h2><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:376px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/04/17/USAT/73361776007-tatyanamcfadden-2.jpeg?width=300&height=376&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/04/17/USAT/73361776007-tatyanamcfadden-2.jpeg?width=600&height=752&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Tatyana McFadden, a paralympic athlete on Team USA wears the leotard that has elicited controversy hours after Nike unveiled the line on Thursday, April 11."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Nike has deferred the inquiry about the recent wave of online criticism, pointing to an <a target="_blank" href="https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/collections/2024-national-and-federation-kits" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">article</a> written about the uniforms as their official stance on the issue. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The company writes that the uniforms are “the most athlete-informed, data-driven and visually unified the company has ever produced.” Each kit was inspired by the “distinct identities and diverse communities each country and sport represent.” </p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Nike’s goal from the start was to give each athlete a voice, creating uniforms that “met athletes’ desires for choice,...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/04/17/nike-olympic-uniforms-team-usa-criticism/73359020007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
