I love watching the Olympics, which is confusing to everyone who knows me, given my well-documented aversion to sports. I’ll watch almost anything during the Olympics, but women’s gymnastics is my favorite. I’ve been a huge fan ever since I was eleven-years-old and Kerri Strug landed her famous vault in Atlanta.
I’m also a fan of leotard fashion. There was a great article on Buzzfeed about Team USA’s leotards recently. In the article, it’s mentioned that every gymnast was given eight different leotards to wear in competition. Naturally, I wanted to see if I could spot all of them.
I managed to find six (maybe seven):
- the purple leotard that the team wore in qualification (and maybe a pink version)
- the red leotard that they wore for team finals
- the pink leotard that Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman wore when they competed in the all-around
- the white leotard that Gabby wore for beam finals and McKayla Maroney wore for vault finals
- the flag leotard that Aly and Jordyn Wieber wore for floor finals, and Aly for her beam final
- the silver leotard that Gabby wore for the uneven bar finals
Of course I’m dying to all eight leotards, so if I missed one somewhere, let me know in the comments!
Gabby, Kyla, and Jordyn in their qualification leotards.
McKayla on vault at qualifying.
Jordyn on uneven bars at qualifiers.
The leotard from the team final made Sports Illustrated’s cover in July.
Team USA on NBC’s Today in what appears to be a pink version of the qualifying leotard.
Aly at all-around, wearing the leotard that some journalists didn’t consider patriotic enough.
Gabby beaming at all-arounds.
Gabby wearing silver in the uneven bars final.
A closer look at Gabby’s silver leo.
McKayla in white at the vault final.
Gabby in the same white leotard for her beam final.
Aly wore this flag-inspired leo to compete in finals for both beam and floor.
Jordyn also wore it for her floor exercise.
Team USA with their gold medals.
