Photograph: adidas UKĮxplaining the inspiration for the kit, Adidas said: “Following a year of uncertainty, unprecedented challenges and unique circumstances, Team GB and ParalympicsGB athletes will rise together in a kit that represents unity in diversity.” Team GB athletes Max Whitlock and Bianca Walkden. The kit also contains a minimum of 40% recycled materials. The new Team GB design also includes a deconstructed Union flag, while an emphasis on the union can be seen in the village hoodie that – says Adidas – has “a design blended with the British lion and iconic flower symbols of the four nations in bold colours giving a contemporary finish to a classic style”. The new design was also welcomed by Mike Sharrock, the British Paralympic Association chief executive, who said that while Tokyo 2020 was set to be the toughest Games yet, given the global pandemic, “our athletes will be prepared, wearing a kit that not only looks great but incorporates the very best in innovation and technology”. “Seeing the kit for the first time is always one of the most exciting moments before an Olympic Games, and over the last four decades Adidas have done a fantastic job in keeping it fresh and innovative.” “Despite the incredibly difficult times society has faced this year, everyone associated with Team GB has remained positive and focused, especially our athletes who have worked incredibly hard to keep their dream of going to the Tokyo Olympic Games alive,” he added. We know Tokyo is going to be very hot and humid, so we’ve worked collaboratively with Adidas to make sure we have the right technology in the kit to maximise performance.

“I think the athletes will love it and perform well in it, and that’s the most important thing. “The kit is brilliant,” he told the Guardian. That was particularly welcomed by the British Olympic Association chief executive, Andy Anson, who said it would help GB athletes perform better in Tokyo. But her first clean run of the competition saw the 13-year-old clinch bronze behind 12-year-old Kokona Hiraki.The new designs, created by Adidas’s in-house team, also features HEAT.RDY technology, which the company claims is constructed using cooling material and textures optimised for use in hot environments. As Sakura Yosozumi took gold, falls on her first two runs in the final looked to have Brown off the podium. The skateboarder – whose father is English, but who divides her life between living in Japan and California – decided to compete for Team GB as it would be less pressure than representing the home nation.Īs it turned out, the rival skaters took the pressure off each others' shoulders. She was the youngest British Olympian of all time (beating Margery Hinton, who swam at the 1928 Games aged 13 years and 43 days), and one of the youngest competitors in Tokyo.Īnd she lit up the tournament not just with her skills, but in the togetherness she was part of as the fiercely-competitive athletes encouraged, cheered and hugged each other throughout a scintillating Park event.īrown has a strong connection to Tokyo: her mother Mieko is Japanese. Skateboard sensation Sky Brown turned 13 just a couple of weeks before the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020.

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