Evolution of the Olympic tights

How do Olympic tights over the past 100 years.

1. Danish team in gymnastics at the Olympics in London in 1908 in a form that looks more suited to karate than gymnastics. Times, of course, since that time have changed.




2 July 1908: Two girls from the Danish national team perform exercises on the "horse" during the Olympic Games in London. They are dressed in a skirt, pants and long-sleeved shirts.



3. The form of the other participants of the Olympics was no different from the Danish national team. Not an ounce of glamor glitter, rhinestones and embroidery artist.



4. Marianne Barone of the US team on the balance beam during the Olympic Games in London in 1948. Pretty daring outfit as compared to 1908 year.



5. Russian gymnasts compete in the next Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, 1952 As you can see, not much change has occurred since the 1940's. Outfit fifties became swimsuit from the point of view of modern style.



6. Regular swimsuit - check! Faith Chaslavskii from the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia) won 5 gold medals in the Games in 1968. She always wore a simple tights.



7. 1972: Olga Korbut, representing the USSR in Munich in modest clothing.



8. 1976: The Romanian Nadia Comaneci appears at the Olympics in Montreal in a tracksuit Adidas.



9. 1984: Mary Lou Retton from the United States during a speech at the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.



10. Back in the USSR: the end of the eighties more noticeable in hairstyles team of the Soviet Union, but the tights of this type is the most common at the time. The national team on the podium with the gold medal won at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.



11. The Russian national team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens again won 16 gold medals - the only thing that seems to have changed is the tights. Moreover, changed dramatically.



12. The latest trend is to incorporate elements of traditional dress in tights. Chinese team in Athens 2004 is that remotely resembles a traditional Chinese clothes.



13. Tradition: elements of the culture of the country displayed by rhinestones and sophisticated floral design in clothes rivals from Russia (right), Ukraine (center) and Spain (right)



14. Silver medalists - the Chinese team on the podium during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Their clothing is very far from the classic sports tights.



15. More chic minimal means: the Russian team dressed for performances in 2007 in line with the trend of the time: more denuded. Tights like a bikini top with straps.



16. Trico Italian national team during the 2008 Olympics in Turin different glitter rhinestones.



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