Like most of you (I assume), I hate the insistence of the major shoe companies that all but a handful of their athletes wear the same vest/shorts/all-in-one, super-hero-stylee lycra monstrousity. It makes me think back fondly to the days when World Records were set by athletes wearing their local club colours (Cram sporting Jarrow yellow), another country's vest (Ovett in USSR red), a University uniform (countless products of the US collegiate system) or something misguidedly designed and stitched in their own living room (Flo Jo, Farmer-Patrick).
Best and worst? I'd nominate the All Black kit worn by Walker, Dixon and Quax and that appalling fluorescent green eyesore worn by Dennis Mitchell.
Honourable mention to wearers of great socks: Bedford, Meyfarth, Juantorena and James Robinson.
Best and worst? I'd nominate the All Black kit worn by Walker, Dixon and Quax and that appalling fluorescent green eyesore worn by Dennis Mitchell.
Honourable mention to wearers of great socks: Bedford, Meyfarth, Juantorena and James Robinson.
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