A rite of passage for every British Olympian is kitting out: a full day of picking up and trying on all their brand-new Team GB clothes. With the Winter Olympics just three weeks away in Milano-Cortina, this Monday it’s the turn of the British skaters – figure, speed and short-track – to collect their haul.
Ice dancers Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez are heading to their debut Olympics and are experiencing kitting out for the first time. “I don't have to go shopping for a whole year now,” 20-year-old Bekker laughs. “I never thought I'd be so picky about the way something fits. You've got to take into consideration, like, when I retire, I don't feel like I'm going to be as in shape as I am right now, but I want to keep this stuff forever!”
