Olympic gymnasts sound off on the evolving leotard: 'Power and prestige goes with those leos'
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The world may have grown accustomed to seeing Olympic gymnasts wearing leotards as they compete for the highest honor in the sport, but these garments haven’t always been the first pick for women.
Team USA's gymnasts Gabrielle Douglas, Mckayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Jordyn Wieber and Kyla Ross won gold in the women's artistic gymnastics team event at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. They sported red, bedazzled leotards. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) The Italian national team wore sparkly blue leotards with a silver streak that featured their home coutry's colors when they qualified for the London Olympics on Jan. 11, 2021. Pictured here are Carlotta Ferlito, Chiara Gandolfi, Francesca Deagostini, Erika Fasana, Vanessa Ferrari and Elisabetta Preziosa. (Photo by Paul Cunningham/Corbis via Getty Images) The American flag made a reappearence on Team USA's gymnastics uniform at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Allsport/Getty Images) Dominque Dawes of Team USA performed a floor exercise routine on July 29, 1996. Dawes told Fox News her red leotard with white stars was a standout in her Olympic career. (Photo by Simon Bruty/Getty Images) Gymnast Mary Lou Retton (right end) of the U.S. on the waved to fans with her teammates during the competition in gymnastics of the Games of the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics. The team's American flag leotard quickly became an iconic look. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) Yelena Shushunova of the Soviet Union stood on the top step of the podium with her gold medal for the women's Individual all-around competition on Sept. 23, 1988, during the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics. She stood alongside silver medallist Daniela Silivas of Romania and bronze medallist Svetlana Boginskaya of the Soviet Union. (Photo by Joe Patronite/Allsport/Getty Images) Leotards remain the dominant uniform for competitors during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, but artistic gymnasts on the German Olympic team have made headlines for wearing unitards as a form of protest against "sexualization in gymnastics," according to the German Gymnastics Federation. Unitards have been seen in rhythmic gymnastics competitions in decades past while leotards have been the go-to for artistic gymnasts who compete in floor exercises, uneven bars, balance beam and vault.
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