Viewers of the Olympic closing ceremony on Sunday (August 11) were left confused by the outfits that Team GB were wearing.
Team GB’s athletes cheered and waved Union flags as they entered the Olympic closing ceremony wearing Hawaiian-style shirts showing the emblems of every nation in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Some, including Tom Daley, were seen taking selfies and filming on their phones as thousands of Olympians poured into the Stade de France with their country.
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But viewers were quick to notice the shirts that Great Britain’s Olympians were wearing. Despite their triumphant wins, fans couldn’t help but comment on a completely different detail they noticed during the ceremony.
Many swiftly noticed their shirts, that were of a Hawaiian-style and short sleeved. Some questioned the decision behind them donning the outfit as others comically commended the style choice and said it looked like they were ‘on a holiday reps night out’.
@Kerrys2Cents asked: “Who authorised those shirts for Team GB?” as @SusieMC76 wrote: “Team GB looks like they’re headed to a 50+ cruise for active seniors.”
@agathe_boulous penned: “The f*** is team GB wearing? Did they all come off a retired people cruise ships?” as @RichinLDN posted: “Loving the team GB look. It’s like a Club 18 – 30s holiday reps work night out.”
User @GeorgeSesay questioned: “I’m going to say it! What the hell are Team GB wearing” as @lsofd wrote: “Who designed the Team GB, Club 18-30 Benidorm tour uniforms.”
Meanwhile, @hannahjones asked: “Why are team GB wearing Hawaiian shirts?”.
The shirts actually had a symbolic meaning and had the national flower of each of our nations.
Great Britain ended the Paris Olympics with 65 medals – the same amount won at London 2012 and second-best ever tally on foreign soil. But Team GB won eight fewer gold medals than in Tokyo three years ago and were 13 down on the 27 collected at Rio 2016.
A final return of 14 gold, 22 silver and 29 bronze saw Britain slip to seventh spot in the medal table, its lowest place since finishing 10th at Athens 2004.
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