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13 hidden details you may have missed in Olympic athletes' outfits
13 hidden details you may have missed in Olympic athletes' outfits
Talia LakritzAug 10, 2024, 00:43 IST
<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Jordan Chiles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Jamie Squire/Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>The US women's gymnastics team's leotards featured nods to French fashion and the American flag.</li><li>Athletes from Russia and Belarus wore neutral outfits due to sanctions imposed by the IOC.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/earnings-olympic-athletes-who-medal-gold-silver-bronze-simone-biles-2024-8">Olympic athletes</a> often move at such mind-boggling speeds that it can be difficult to notice subtle details in their outfits.</p><p>Some Olympians competing in Paris wore looks that celebrated their home countries or sports. Others paid tribute to their families or the host city.</p><p>Here are 13 details you might have missed in athletes' outfits at the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/olympic-paris-records-you-missed-2024-8">2024 Paris Olympics</a>.</p>
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The US women's gymnastics team wore leotards inspired by Fourth of July fireworks for podium training.
Simone Biles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images
At the qualification event, their blue leotards featured red, white, blue, and gold crystals.
The US women's gymnastics team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Aytac Unal/Anadolu via Getty Images
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Team USA's leotard for the women's team final paid tribute to the 1996 US women's gymnastics team known as the "Magnificent Seven."
Jordan Chiles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Jamie Squire/Getty Images
Suni Lee's leotard for the individual all-around final served as an ode to haute couture.
Suni Lee at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Jamie Squire/Getty Images
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For the individual all-around final, Simone Biles wore a leotard with corset-like lines and subtle stars and stripes on the sleeves.
Simone Biles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Naomi Baker/Getty Images
Biles celebrated her all-around gold medal with a diamond goat necklace, symbolizing her status as the GOAT or greatest of all time.
Simone Biles with her goat necklace at the 2024 Paris Olympics.LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images
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Lee's white leotard for the balance beam final featured several nods to French fashion.
Suni Lee at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Naomi Baker/Getty Images
Biles' leotard for the balance beam final featured an American flag made of crystals at the hip.
Simone Biles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Stefan Matzke - sampics/Getty Images
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Lee wore a red leotard titled "City of Lights" inspired by Paris' moniker for the uneven bar final.
Suni Lee at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Antonio Martinez/Europa Press via Getty Images
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana wore running shoes adorned with his late mother's date of birth.
Letsile Tebogo of Botswana at the 2024 Paris Olympics.MONIRUL BHUIYAN/AFP via Getty Images
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Romanian table tennis player Bernadette Szocs painted a miniature table tennis racket on her pointer finger.
Bernadette Szocs of Romania at the 2024 Paris Olympics.WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images
Kim Ye-ji of South Korea wore her young daughter's stuffed elephant toy at the women's air pistol events.
Kim Yeji of South Korea at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Zhang Fan/Xinhua via Getty Images
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Athletes from Belarus and Russia competed as part of Team Individual Neutral Athletes wearing teal and white outfits.
Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider of Team Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Olympics.Oscar J Barroso/Europa Press via Getty Images