The German Olympic Team attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia have unveiled the uniforms they will wear at the opening ceremony in Sochi on February 7.
The uniforms, consist of a blue, white, yellow and green jacket — paired with white pants for male athletes, and bright red and orange pants for female athletes. The teams’ hats have a stripe reminiscent of the German flag set in a bright blue and red color scheme.
The uniform’s designer, Willy Bogner who created the designs in cooperation with Adidas and the shoe company Sioux, maintains that the inspiration for the look was not political, but simply a nod to “the great atmosphere” of the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation have also stated that the uniforms are not a protest and were designed before the introduction of the ‘Anti Gay Propaganda’ laws in Russia. However, in Germany the uniforms are being interpreted as a protest in support of LGBT people in Russia.
The German President Joachim Gauck was the first major leader in Europe to announce he would be boycotting the Sochi Olympics and Angela Merkle the German Chancellor is not attending either.
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