13:12 15 September 2014
The Colombian women’s cycling team has received worldwide attention but not for their sporting prowess. Instead, it’s their flesh-coloured spandex cut-out style sports kits that have hit headlines and promoted ridicule the world over.
Nobody seemed to notice (or perhaps just care about) the huge fashion faux-pas of their sporty strip until the blunder was laid out bare for all to see.
The athletes were presented on stage wearing their red and yellow team colours. However, all eyes were drawn to the unusual nude-coloured cloth used on around their groin areas.
On Twitter, Hilary Evans’ observation result in over 10,000 retweets: “I'm no fashion expert but even I know that the Colombia women's cycling team kit seen here is a genuine disaster “