about all the GB 2012 OLYMPIC SWIMWEAR

[louis]

Referring to all GB 2012 London olympic swimwear (UPDATES)
Byron s tread.
All the Adidas GB olympics swimwear were ALL designed by Stella M ccartney the british designer for the Adidas olympic 2012 games in London .
JJB SWIMWEAR ALSO SELLS THEM AND EVEN CHEAPER.
But does the upper red band on the suit have a signification of some kind or is it just designed without any signification.

[louis]

Stella Mccarney allso designed the Beijing olympic swimwear worn by Tom Daley.
Hmm I womder if a email was sent to her about getting this suit id she could direct us to haow to get it.

[Byron]

:confused: Don't know but it's not her name on his underpants
here - can anyone work out the brand name?
Also guy to his right in red would seem to be a Canadian diver
but the guy to his left has something on the chest of his dark
polo shirt which I cannot read.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0foexWSa61qarksao1_1280.jpg

Btw he's just written a book - can't be many who's done his autobiography when still a week off his eighteenth birthday !

[Byron]

Wiggle seems to have sold out already for the London 2012 design.
Btw , hasn't JJB Sports been swallowed by Sports Direct ?

[louis]

Perhaps anyway they still have a web site.

[Byron]

Yep - sportswear company name changes can be as confusing as all the swapping around done by the pub. chains
(but Wiggle were still 19p cheaper).

[Byron]

The show put on for launching the Olympics 2012 designs at the Tower of London is on YouTube but I can't say I was greatly impressed and couldn't see any swimsuits.
Her intention it seems was to take the red out of the Union Flag and then let it reappear as socks, shoes, shirt trim, collars, waistbands, etc.
IMHO a bit of a mess (and poor Andy Murray (tennis) looked as if he wished to be anywhere in the world than as a model on that stage).

[Byron]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0a4d6dyRN1r02upxo1_1280.jpg

Tom Daley looking a bit older here - not sure at what event he is shown but his blue speedo appears to be from the time of Speedo sponsorship and not the blue
Adidas suit you seek.

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

Nice pic and great body stance.

[Byron]

:) Could Stella have gotten her idea from somewhere?
http://muscleloverozshotmenilove.tumblr.com/post/20922541207

[Byron]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvhlcFViH1qion0no1_1280.jpg

.....any sightings please report to Louis asap

[Byron]

As an aside, who will be lighting the Olympic Flame for 2012 at the opening ceremony?
Some say David Beckham* - my money is on Tom Daley.

* or "Sir" David (somebody may know more than we do - he was so introduced
in Athens last week)

[louis]

0H WHAT A SUIT, UTTURLY MAGNIFICENT, MOST SUBLIME, i WOULD GIVE ANY PRICE TO GET ONE ..YOU HEAR ANY PRICE, PLUS 5 SUITS. SO KEEP LOOKING.

[Byron]

*that's a pun as divers is French for "various".

There's a nice blue one for Canada Dive Team too
(will post the pic if I can do a link accurately).


Btw I have just done an update in the Off Topic Forum
on the venues now waiting at the London Olympic Park
(a useful panoramic pic of the buildings)

[Byron]

Canada Dive Team - probably not 2012 issue but nice blue suit:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cbauChsC1r3if0mo1_1280.jpg

[Byron]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26165382@N06/3297666180/sizes/z/in/faves-raphaelperez/


:) I withdraw post#10 - here is the more accurate suit on which to add a couple of logos and hey presto........ (and this pic is from 2009 Stella)

[Byron]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anhonorablegerman/6874819316/in/photostream

Thousands of pics of Tom Daley on the internet but don't think I've seen this one before (on a beach holiday with GB diving team).
Unusual to see him standing in the sea ( Adidas black speedos I think).

[dorcas3]

I think Dayley was in Melbourne.

[Byron]

LOL - I am grateful for that. I have been scratching my head asking myself which beach location in the UK . There is no indication with the photo but having now seen a date for it (12-16-2011) and with those tans too, it HAS to be Oz!
Same day same location he is also with another teammate with a ball between them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anhonorablegerman/6930365312/in/set-72157628902721015/

[Byron]

Well, well, she and/or Adidas seem to have had a last minute change of mind
as this is what we now see as latest Team GB suit:
http://1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Tom+Daley+Olympics+Previews+day+1+RRP3ITxOc3Pl.jpg

[Byron]

Photographer Tom Daley up in the roof with the Team GB divers and including the girls:
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/07/27/article-0-143BDE75000005DC-388_634x526.jpg

[Dobygear]

how hot is this??

http://www.ebay.com/itm/310393612579?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[Dobygear]

Very hot too


http://www.ebay.com/itm/310416663701?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

[Byron]

If hot means very expensive for these items I would say yes, burning like a cauldron !

[Torchwatch]

Strange....... very strange, team GB wear Adidas, this is Speedo stuff

[Byron]

For the blue GBR Speedo* Ebay now says this listing is removed.
The towel remains as "a very rare item" at $299.
Both items come (came) seemingly from Santa Monica CA.

*solid blue GBR suits were Speedo - not to be confused with current 2012 Olympic suits for Team GB which are by Adidas via Stella McCartney. A last minute design change seems to have occurred however as the red/whit/blue we now see are not the official solid dark blue suits with red waistband as presented earlier in the year (and which were available to purchase).
A question to Adidas to explain the change has gone unanswered (and Louis is no doubt right to guess that the same availability to purchase will not occur).

[Torchwatch]

There seems to be a range of Team GB supporters clothing and accessories. They were made available to the public, many assumed the athletes would be wearing and competing in it and so bought it.
A bit of a confidence trick it seems.

[Byron]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86q00Tfvp1r1pvpco1_500.jpg

Just found this pic I have not seen before.
We can guess identities but where and when and what event I do not know.
It seems that Adidas version1 Team GB suits did get wet somewhere.

[sebbie]

it sused to be that the male divers at olympics wore the suits with 4 inch sides and the swimmers wore the skimpier ones with 1 1/2 inch sides. Now, all the male divers seem to wear suits with 1 1/2 to 2 inch sides, even as the swimmers wear the jammers.

[Byron]

:D .. that's a bit exaggerated but very nice they look too.........

[Byron]

http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Australian+Olympic+Games+Swimming+Team+Portrait+ct n-Pxhjr7yl.jpg

Forgot to add this and it may be a rare photo (no jammers) - Australian Olympic swim team guys on beach - Sydney March 2012.

[California Dolphin]

Not swimwear, but short shorts are back in style for rowers. :D

http://www.sbnation.com/london-olympics-2012/2012/8/7/3225586/rower-henrik-rummel-address-his-podium-package

CD

[sebbie]

It's "saluting" the win!

[Byron]

....seems to be saluting well ( but so are all the others).

At least we are spared an explanation of needing a pee (but I guess their event is over in quick time).
We have recently been regailed (unnecessarily I would have thought) with the confessions of Lochte and Phelps that hours of swimming training regularly require bladder relief into the pool water - a well known practise apparently.

Nothing surprising there but one commentator says "undetectable" - but I am sure I have read of a chemical from Germany which can reveal such actions with dark blue coloring if added to the pool water. To conclude this moronic nonsense I guess that the speed of movement of such olympic athletes in training is such that there will then be denials as to who was responsible for the evidence which appears !

[Byron]

http://theberry.com/2012/08/06/afternoon-eye-candy-tom-daley-28-photos/tom-daley-8/

Anyone understand the silly manipulation of this pic ?

[louis]

Hmmm... theres no manipulation, Tom has bene very naughty with his mum and she sead thet the boogy man would get a hold of him , well that is exactly what is happening in the picture , dont you see the worried expression on his face.

[louis]

Hmmm... theres no manipulation, Tom has bene very naughty with his mum and she sead thet the boogy man would get a hold of him , well that is exactly what is happening in the picture , dont you see the worried expression on his face.

Btw would anyone like to be in the boogy mans place he it must make him VERY HAPPY WENE TON IS NAUGHTY WITH HIS MUM.

[Byron]

http://www.london2012.com/mm/Photo/sport/General/01/40/77/47/1407747_M01.jpg

Some Croatian guys celebrating gold win over Italy

[Byron]

Team GB: http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/liverpoolecho/aug2012/9/4/water-polo-620-image-4-59546137.jpg

Team AUS: http://www.lumixlifestyle.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/612345690DM00003_Panasonic_-905x712.jpg

[Byron]

http://www.lumixlifestyle.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/612345690DM00003_Panasonic_-905x712.jpg

[Byron]

The w-p guys' butts should be
http://www.lumixlifestyle.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/612345690DM00003_Panasonic_-950x712.jpg

[bracad1]

Does any one know if you are able to purchase the brief that Tom was wearing for his diving? Really like it, but can only find the plain navy blue one with red band. I would love a pair of the ones with the blue Union Jack on.

[Byron]

Big mystery but answer is unlikely. Adidas do not respond to questions - there was a last minute change in design so that team GB suits appeared as still the dark blue one side but white the other (and some added blue flashes and lessening of the red waistband).
Someone who gets hold of one will no doubt make a fortune on Ebay.

[Byron]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m86q00Tfvp1r1pvpco1_500.jpg

Pete Waterfield and Tom Daley together after the release of the FIRST official Team GB Adidas suits for Olympics divers earlier this year.

[Byron]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/dfff29eaa82d90602f7df9d34e5a61f8/tumblr_mf13yx55aL1rfiojgo1_1280.jpg

No, not Team GB logo on there - it's from the ES Sweet Collection.

Btw, brief (pun intended) answer from Adidas is not available for general purchase (the later design, half white).

[Byron]

See KidO's post today on buy and sell forum - the later and unobtainable suit of the 2012 Olympics has come up on Ebay (size 32")

[Byron]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/08/01/article-2182195-14540CFE000005DC-637_634x468.jpg

This gets more confusing by the day - who wore what and when?
These are the GB finalists* at the springboard synchro event of the 2012 Olympics
(they placed fifth).
At this point they should be wearing the "new" team suits (those half white) but are in fact wearing the old design of solid blue !

*on right is Chris Mears who was close to death after injury three years ago and spent a month in hospital in Australia following removal of his spleen.

[Byron]

Surprise, surprise - prices gone down on the Adidas navy blue team GB suits of 2012 - Ebay seller here from England asking $28:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-AUTHENTIC-Adidas-Mens-Team-GB-Swimming-Briefs-Navy-S-M-L-BNWT-/290860619828?pt=UK_Sports_Memorabilia_ET

[paspeedo]

I picked up a pair a few weeks ago--I will say, its my new MAIN SUIT to wear at the beach..Wow did they get the looks--Best $30 spent!!

[Byron]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Team-GB-Adidas-Olympic-Memorabilia-Speedo-Trunks-worn-Tom-Daley-/261213860376

I thought I would show your much admired suit at an even lower price of £14.99 with free postage and packing here on Ebay again.
(this seller from London seems quite prolific but
the URL is quite inaccurate by including the words Speedo Trunks of course)

Worth noting also the suit above it (the Adidas Olympics final design) as a sold item at a final bid of £349.99

[Byron]

Saw this suit recently (the brand Tribe I was not aware of).
Put some logos on it and hey presto we would have Team GB Adidas:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/777491e2b186d08f43b5ca61dbafd24b/tumblr_mq13rc2EJL1s7t4n7o1_500.jpg

[Byron]

Thought I would post this to sympathise with the girls for the unflattering concoction - and maybe the boys got off lightly with their Olympic kit design (and just hope Stella McCartney is not around also for Rio): http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/03/22/article-0-12491458000005DC-685_634x837.jpg

[speedorob86]

Canada Dive Team - probably not 2012 issue but nice blue suit:
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4cbauChsC1r3if0mo1_1280.jpg


I NEED THIS SUIT!