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The Best and Worst (Suits) of the Olympics

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With all of the serious commentary and discussion that revolves around the Olympics we thought it might be useful to lighten things up for a moment.  Every Olympics new product is revealed on this largest of international stages, among them are the uniforms worn by the athletes.  In our sport the race suits have very practical purposes, but we are not considering those at this time.  This is all about fashion!  So what are the best and worst suits of this 2010 Winter Olympic Games?

Use the comment section below to discuss your picks.

Some Suits to Consider

FS Staff Picks:

Aubrey:

Best:

Germany (non glute support version)

Worst:

Finnland

Canada

Italy

Nat:

Best:

Germany

Russia

Sweden

Worst:

Slovenia (why would you ditch the best suits ever!?)

U.S.A.

France

Patrick:

“They all suck.”

Matt:

Best:

Slovenia

Finnland

Germany (non glute support version too…)

Worst:

Canada

Italy

Poland

Topher:

Best:

Germany

US Biathlon

Sweden

Worst:

USA

France

Norway – makes the athletes look weird…

Honorable Mention for Worst:

Forerunners suits – plain dark blue?

Comments

15 responses to “The Best and Worst (Suits) of the Olympics”

  1. deanerbeano Avatar
    deanerbeano

    Best:
    1. Sweden
    2. Norway
    3. Czech Republic

    Worst:
    1. CANADA – no idea whats going on with those. remind me of oregon ducks. awful.
    2. France – plain dark blue. lame.
    3. US – red white and blue could make a sick suit. red and silver?

  2. JustinFereshetian Avatar
    JustinFereshetian

    The best suit in my mind is far and away the German cross country suit, not the biathalon suit, that’s the one with the “glut support.” And my pick for the worst suit is definitely the Canadian suit, it doesn’t resemble the Canadian flag at all, and it is just repulsive in every way.

  3. jlaneskier Avatar
    jlaneskier

    Best:
    Germany
    US Biathlon (at least you could tell it was USA)

    Not so good:
    Czech R. – looks like one is wearing knee socks
    Norway – black knee/elbow supports?
    USA & Poland (all red) – trying to look like the Norwegians?
    Sweden & Italy – looks good if you ALWAYS wear white underwear!

    Bad dream:
    Canada

  4. 2PACmosDEF Avatar
    2PACmosDEF

    What’s wrong with USA’s nordic suits? I love the silver chin and knee pads that they have, they look like futuristic football pants.
    Worst:
    Canada-Hands down the worst unies on the circuit, just strait up ugly
    Czech Republic–As boring as you can get
    France- Black? they look like UA long johns

  5. Banana Avatar
    Banana

    Best: Germany/ Sweden

    Worst: Canada (polka-dots?)

  6. sailguy Avatar
    sailguy

    Best:
    1) Australia (aka Canadian Biathlon).
    2) Czech (distinctive, reflects flag).
    3) Estonia (white front, blue back)

    Worst:
    1) Canada’s old suits.
    2) Canada’s new suits. Salmon skin fallen under the barbie, kitchen fire, industrial accident.
    3) No one else comes close.

    At a distance, the German and Canadian suits are hard to distinguish. Up close, one is attractive and one is ugly.

    Sweden and Italy get points for transparency, but do we really need to be able to read the labels on the waistband of your underwear? And on warm days, we can see that some of the Italian men don’t just have hair on their heads.

    Justina’s Poland suit looks like she just cut two suits and sewed them together. France looks good up close, but is too subtle for television.

    From outside the nordic world, I think the US freestyle skiers get honourable mention for their new pajamas.

  7. Lars Avatar
    Lars

    I like the US and German once. I also very glad the Slovenian suit has changed the old one was painful to look at.

    Worst suit has to be Canada. I actually liked the old one unlike many pepole but the new one is just ugly.

  8. kaiser Avatar
    kaiser

    I really like the Czech suit but I wish it did not have that band around the leg. Sweden’s is also very nice and I actualy like the Polish suit although it took a bit of getting used too. But the US and French are my two favorites. The worst is Norway. I really liked their world cup suit but this one looks like it belongs in the 90s. Canada is pretty bad but I would love to see them on the podium.

  9. OldManWinter Avatar
    OldManWinter

    jlane: If you missed the comments surrounding the Swedish Craft suit of a few weeks ago, they are worth revisiting. I ‘m glad that the Swedish men won the relay for a number of reasons, but as it turns out they didn’t need the suit to do it. I have to disagree with one of your points, though. I think it would be good for the sport if the Swedish ladies decided to mix up the colors of their underwear. You can bet the television coverage of our sport would improve then (think: women’s triathlon at the summer games).

  10. js Avatar
    js

    Best
    JAPAN
    the Adidas suits (GERMANY) except for the support band bottoms
    SWEDEN + well chosen undies

    Worst
    CANADA.. if Ronald McDonald skied.
    FINLAND.. just bad

    Meh…Boring!
    NORWAY
    FRANCE
    USA
    though the France suits have really nice details and lines it just fades to a navy blue slate on camera.

  11. rt Avatar
    rt

    I know they’re not a heavy hitter, but you forgot all about Australia’s suits!
    http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-photos/ben-sim-(australia)—-cross-country-skiing_272512g208204-o242422-RE.html
    I’m not sure if they’re the best or the worst, but they’re hilarious!

  12. chris_stock Avatar
    chris_stock

    Sweden, absolutely. Then Italy.

  13. stineski Avatar
    stineski

    Best:
    Germany without butt support
    and
    The Austrian NoCo suit is hot,hot,hot!

    Worst:
    Canada(although my friend loves it) and Poland

    The USST suit is ill fitting and boring and the Sweden suit is cool but too many things can go wrong in white. Nerve wracking for the women!

  14. lillyVR40 Avatar
    lillyVR40

    Best: Germany…big upgrade from old suit
    Worst: Poland, France, Canada
    Good but nothing special: Czech, US, Sweden

  15. Mike Trecker Avatar
    Mike Trecker

    Germany wins, non-butt-duct-taped version.

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