Nike’s new Team USA Olympic track uniform for women slammed as sexist by athletes: ‘A costume born of patriarchal forces’

Nike on Thursday shared a sneak peek of its track and field uniforms for the 2024 Paris Olympics which have been the talk of social media — but maybe not for the reasons Nike wants.

For Team USA’s male team members, it was a compression tank top and mid-thigh shorts — a standard look that has pretty much been around since 1896. But it was one of the options for the women on Team USA that sparked backlash from social media users, as well as former and current Olympic athletes. Read More