Sportswear facts for kids
Sportswear is clothing, including footwear, worn for playing sports or to exercise.
Sportswear includes shorts, tracksuits, T-shirts, polo shirts and trainers. It also includes some underwear, such as the jockstrap. Sportswear is also often worn as casual fashion clothing.
Sports athletes wear a combination of different items of clothing such as sport shoes, pants and shirts. Some athletes wear personal armour such as helmets or American football body armour.
Images for kids
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100 m race record holder Usain Bolt (in yellow) and other runners in sportswear.
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Sports uniform may not always be standardized. While generally female players of indoor volleyball wear T-shirt and shorts, in this image taken during 2004 Athens Olympics, the Greek team is wearing leotards.
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Golfer Tiger Woods in traditional men's attire
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A woman wearing sports bra and boyshorts, which were conventionally women's sportswear but are now also worn as casuals or athleisure by women in the West.
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Sachin Tendulkar wearing pads to protect his legs. Both he and the short leg fielder wear cricket helmets for protection.
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Professional USA ski racer Lindsey Vonn dressed for a race.
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An example of ski/snowboard waterproof down jacket from The North Face, Mountain Light Triclimate (with embedded squibs).
See also
In Spanish: Indumentaria deportiva para niños