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A Fusion of Style, Efficiency and Patriotism: GK Elite and USA Gymnastics Unveil Leotards and Attire for Summer time Olympics
Official associate of USA Gymnastics will outfit the Olympic Workforce in Paris, unveiling leotards and attire earlier than the Summer time Video games for the primary time ever!
GK Elite and USA Gymnastics right now revealed the leotards and attire that gymnasts will put on on-mat on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024. This marks the primary time that USA Gymnastics Olympic attire has been launched previous to the Video games.
Because the world’s main model of gymnastics competitors and coaching attire, GK Elite’s emblem will adorn the leotards and attire worn by the ladies’s and males’s gymnastics groups for the second consecutive Olympic Video games. The gathering attracts inspiration from traditional American patriotism and outdated Hollywood glamour whereas mixing subtle Parisian excessive vogue and glowing mild to pay homage to the host metropolis.
As USA Gymnastics’ Official Nationwide Workforce Gymnastics Competitors and Coaching Attire Associate, GK Elite is the unique supplier of American gymnasts’ on-mat apparel for the Olympic Video games. For the primary time, a restricted manufacturing of formally licensed reproduction leotards and males’s shirts can be found earlier than debuting on mat on the Olympics, permitting followers across the nation to put on the reproduction leotards of U.S. athletes whereas watching them compete in Paris. The eight Girls’s competitors leotard replicas and the Males’s Workforce Remaining shirt may be bought whereas provides final on gkelite.com.
“We’re excited to proceed our partnership with USA Gymnastics and unveil our extraordinary designs for the gymnasts representing our nation on the Olympics,” stated Matt Cowan, CEO of Elite Sportswear, L.P., the mother or father firm of GK Elite. “GK has a embellished historical past because the world’s main attire supplier for aggressive gymnasts and we take satisfaction in having our model worn on the game’s greatest stage. We attempt to encourage gymnasts the world over to really feel and carry out their greatest and are proud to outfit USA Gymnastics’ workforce in Paris.”
The design of each Olympic Video games garment was tailor-made particularly for the gymnasts’ consolation and efficiency. All of the uniforms are made within the USA, having been designed, lower and assembled on the Elite Sportswear headquarters in Studying, Pennsylvania. GK Elite has earned standing because the market chief in gymnastics attire due to its superior match, design innovation and unmatched high quality. GK additionally has taken its partnership with USA Gymnastics to the following degree with modern assist of USAG psychological well being initiatives for athletes and coaches.
“GK’s assist for athletes each on and off the mat makes them a very holistic associate,” USA Gymnastics COO Lauryn Turner stated. “We’re proud to associate with GK Elite to create our Nationwide Workforce leotards and attire to develop the game of gymnastics throughout all ages and disciplines, and we’re thrilled to observe American athletes pursue their desires whereas sporting GK’s best-in-class attire.”
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he girls’s leotards are every adorned with hundreds of luminous Swarovski® crystals, offering world-class sparkle to each athlete’s look that can guarantee U.S. gymnasts stand out on the competitors mat. The eight leotards characteristic greater than 47,000 Swarovski crystals, some utilized by hand at GK’s Pennsylvania-based manufacturing facility. Together with crystals, Swarovski pearls will probably be featured on USA Gymnastics leotards for the primary time as a tribute to the host metropolis of Paris.
For extra details about GK Elite and its partnership with USA Gymnastics, go to www.gkelite.com.
About GK Elite
GK Elite is the world’s main model of gymnastics attire and is acknowledged across the globe for superior selection, high quality, match and repair. For over 40 years, GK has been devoted to the game of gymnastics, contributing tens of millions of {dollars} to assist hallmark grassroots gymnastics applications globally and is a proud associate of USA Gymnastics. Recognized for his or her signature collections of gymnastics exercise leotards, GK has traditionally partnered with over 10 Olympic athletes and presently gives leotards designed by essentially the most embellished American gymnast, Simone Biles, 2020 Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee, 2020 Olympic gold medalist Jade Carey, and 2020 Silver Medalist Jordan Chiles. Based mostly in Studying, Pennsylvania, Elite Sportswear, L.P., the corporate behind the GK Elite model, continues its dedication to American-made high quality and steady innovation in designs for gymnastics attire. Elite Sportswear, L.P. additionally owns, manufactures, and distributes a full line of swimwear below its model, Dolfin Swimwear, and cheerleading attire by way of Omni Cheer and All Star Cheer. For extra data concerning GK, go to www.gkelite.com
About USA Gymnastics
Based mostly in Indianapolis, USA Gymnastics is the nationwide governing physique for gymnastics in the USA, overseeing the disciplines of acrobatic, inventive, gymnastics for all, parkour, rhythmic, and trampoline and tumbling. A member of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Worldwide Gymnastics Federation, the group serves greater than 200,000 members, together with athletes from the newbie to elite ranges, dad and mom, coaches, golf equipment and membership homeowners, and helps the U.S. groups for the Olympic Video games, World Championships, and different top-tier worldwide occasions. USA Gymnastics is dedicated to delivering top-quality schooling, actively rising the game throughout all ranges and disciplines, and offering protected, constructive and empowering experiences for all individuals. For extra on USA Gymnastics, go to www.usagym.org.
