The Olympics are nice for a bunch of causes. You possibly can spend whole afternoons watching a sport you didn’t notice existed till 10 or so minutes in the past, you get a hall-pass to be stupidly patriotic, and also you get to say enjoyable stuff like “I can’t consider she received a penalty for knocking the oxer, what has dressage come to these days” and actually, really, wholeheartedly imply it.
However our favourite a part of the Olympics is the surprising little fashion moments. There’s been a lot up to now, together with a shock uniform masterclass, and a number of other sport kits that we by no means knew went so exhausting. It’s all a part of the enjoyable.
In the event you’ve spent all of your time watching precise sports activities and never wanting into minute vogue particulars, that sucks, however we perceive. Which is why we have pulled collectively GQ’s rundown of gold-medal moments.
Gold Medal for Most Chill Uniforms: Skateboarding
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Skateboarding is enjoyable to look at. Not least of all due to how chill everyone seems to be. Whereas some Olympic sports activities are (understandably) fairly high-strung, the youngsters competing in skateboarding are, actually, simply youngsters skating. Japan’s Yuto Horigome received round carrying a pair of cotton slacks, a jersey and his personal Nike collab, the Yuto Horigome x Nike SB Dunk Low. American Poe Pinson wore an analogous match, besides with some Nike SB Dunk Low ‘Safari Olympics’, sizzling off the press, and a pair of headphones, whereas Brazil’s Rayssa Leal went for a sports activities bra, cargos and, yeah, her personal Nike collab trainers.
Gold Medal for Outshining the Opening Ceremony Competitors: South Sudan
