Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”
What would the Olympics be without some good old meme-esque content? Enter Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands, who competed in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke during Day 1 of swimming and his “thirst trap” swimshorts. Finishing second place didn’t matter, as he won social media’s devoted attention.
Competing at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on Saturday (July 27) in Nanterre, France, the 28-year-old athlete rocked a tightly fitted, glamorous pair of trunks. In a decision that was clearly made by a public relations team, the Netherlands has opted for the most flesh-colored orange on the thighs of their trunks, News.co.au reported on Monday (July 29). As a result, the swimwear created an optical illusion that made Arno appear almost naked, leaving people stunned on social media, as a person wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter): “Definitely watching for the sport.”
Up until the 1996 Atlanta Games, swimmers typically wore suits that covered as little of their skin as necessary, NBC Olympics explained in February 2024. Shaving one’s entire body was the primary way to enhance speed through the water. Since then, advancements by manufacturers have created a wholesale change in the looks of Olympic swimmers.
Atlanta marked the beginning of the “bodysuit revolution,” the outlet stated. At those Games, neck-to-knee swimsuits made their Olympic debut, with Speedo’s model, the Aquablade, worn by several medal winners.
highlights Arno Kamminga went viral for wearing revealing swim trunks during the Men’s 100m Breaststroke at the 2024 Olympics.The swimmer’s flesh-colored trunks created an optical illusion, making him look almost naked and stunning social media.Arno finished second in his event but expressed disappointment with his result, posting ‘Not what I came for.’Prior to the competition, Arno criticized WADA’s handling of a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers testing positive for a banned drug. In a decision that was clearly made by a public relations team, the Netherlands has opted for the most flesh-colored orange on the thighs of their trunks, News.co.au reported on Monday (July 29). As a result, the swimwear created an optical illusion that made Arno appear almost naked, leaving people stunned on social media, as a person wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter): “Definitely watching for the sport.”Someone commented: “Name???” “IN PUBLIC? IS THIS LEGAL?” a separate individual chimed in.
Image credits: Andre Weening/BSR Agency/Getty Images The Dutch swimmer finished in second place in his Men’s 100m Breaststroke event, recording a time of 59.12, The Spun reported on Sunday (July 28).
All jokes aside, Arno expressed his immense disappointment in his result, writing alongside a photograph of himself shared on Instagram during the competition: “Not what I came for,” with a broken heart emoji. Ahead of the competition, the Katwijk native described a case that saw 23 Chinese swimmers test positive for a banned drug as a “lose-lose situation” while also questioning how the investigation was handled by the authorities ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris.
He told Reuters: “Everyone is questioning it, so it’s a lose-lose situation for everyone – for swimming lovers but also for the Chinese swimmers themselves. “I think it’s hard to judge or say anything without knowing everything.”“The problem is the way in which it was handled. This is for Olympic Track and Field. Professional athletes should be able to compete without dedicating brain space to constant pube vigilance or the mental gymnastics of having every vulnerable piece of your body on display.“Women’s kits should be in service to performance, mentally and physically. If this outfit was truly beneficial to physical performance, men would wear it. This is not an elite athletic kit for track and field. This is a costume born of patriarchal forces that are no longer welcome or needed to get eyes on women’s sports.
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