Wave of ridicule of Spain’s Olympic jersey by athletes

This Tuesday Royal Spanish Athletics Federation And Yoma They presented the official equipment that national athletes will wear at the next European Championships in Rome and the Olympic Games in Paris. The outfit, inspired by the yellow and red colors of the Spanish flag, did not receive the expected reception. And there are plenty of athletes who, after showing off their gear in influencer videos Reven, Neil Ojeda, Ari Geli And Guagnardspoke harshly on social networks.

“Now I’m Dutch and didn’t know it,” the jumper commented ironically. Ana Peleteiro referring to the predominance of orange tones on the shirt. The same line showed Alvaro Martintwo-time world champion walker: “Who didn’t want to be a butane delivery guy as a kid?”

From your side Red Iago, a member of the marathon team, played under his own last name: “We will no longer be able to say that we will wear La Roja. So what should I do now… My name is Orange Iago? The sprinter showed herself on the same track Maribel Perez: “I miss red.”

It was much more direct and obvious Agueda Marquez, a 1,500-member athlete who noted that “the person who made the T-shirt was not a designer; “I was colorblind.” For her part, the middle distance runner Laurea Ibarzabal He sneered: “Now they tell us that this is a joke. No?” Just like the 80th century David Barroso: “This is uglier than Monday morning.”

Thrower and Tokyo 2020 Olympian. Belen Toymil She was more succinct and direct: “I mean… I don’t like it.” Jesus Gomez, a sprinter and two-time European Under-23 medalist, also humorously expressed his distaste: “How exaggerated… If you close your eyes, it’s not so ugly.” Like an obstacle Andreu Blanes: “They put it in the washing machine at a high temperature, this doesn’t happen to my mom.”

Other athletes, such as a sprinter Paul Retamalwere sarcastic, sending messages that appealed to circumstances beyond the clothing itself: “I never thought they had a problem with criteria even for clothing…”.

Jomasport’s Instagram post garnered over 500 comments, achieving near-unanimity throughout the athletics community: “The Bhutan T-shirt is beautiful”, “Could it be useful to indicate the take-off of planes at an airport”, “Can I use ?” This is from Joma or Mango ?”, “I already have a Repsol suit”, “I want to see Femke Bol with this set”, “We are minions”, “First Kroos’s thing, and now this one”, etc.