Nike slammed for skimpy Team USA women’s track and field uniforms for 2024 Paris Olympics: ‘My hoo haa is gonna be out’
NY Post
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 if they’ll be flashing their genitals to the world this summer.
The company 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 need to adhere to a complicated intimate grooming.
“Wait, my hoo haa is gonna be out,” long jump hopeful Tara Davis-Woodhall, who participated in the 2020 Olympics, commented under Citius Mag’s post, which first posted reported on the reveal.
“Professional athletes should be able to compete without dedicating brain space to constant pube vigilance or the mental gymnastics of having 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 beneficial to physical performance, men would wear it.”
Nike, however, defended its design, with Vice President of Apparel Innovation, Janett Nichol, telling CBS Sports that the uniforms “perform at the highest level” and insisted athletes were brought in to test them during the process.
