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‘The picture did no justice’: US athletes retreat from criticism of ‘hoo haa’ uniform

Tara Davis-Woodhall’s comments on Team USA’s Olympic uniforms attracted worldwide attention
Tara Davis-Woodhall’s comments on Team USA’s Olympic uniforms attracted worldwide attention. Photograph: Dustin Satloff/Getty Images for the USOPC

In the moments before she fired off the Instagram comment heard around the world, Tara Davis-Woodhall could hardly believe her eyes.

The American long jumper and world silver medalist had just seen a photograph of one of Nike’s Team USA uniforms for this summer’s Games, a high-cut leotard barely covering the bikini line that was unveiled at a launch event in Paris last week. The running publication Citius Mag had posted an image of the slinky uniform on a female mannequin alongside a male one-piece kit with longer legs.

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