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Members of the Australian team mocked their new opening ceremony uniforms in a hilarious video. On 21 July, Australian Olympic soccer players Mackenzie Arnold and Alanna Kennedy tried on their team uniforms in a cheeky video, the former posted on the social media platform. While trying on the polarizing outfits, both players looked underwhelmed as they lipsynched to the viral sound of Cody Ko saying, “Let’s f***ing go? Let’s go? I guess.

..?” In the comment section, fans were quick to voice their disapproval of the awkward outfits, cracking jokes left and right about the quality and divisive design.



“When you’ve got swimming at 3 and tennis at 5,” one person wrote alongside a crying emoji. “It’s giving like family photos and your mum’s picked everyone’s matching outfits,” one person noted, while another begged them to take advantage of the situation: “Please wear these and take awkward family photos.” “I feel awkward and its not even me in the dress,” someone else commented.

The uniforms will be worn for Friday night’s highly anticipated Olympic Opening Ceremony, with the Australian Olympic Team’s uniforms reportedly designed by Sportscraft. The uniforms will be worn with forest green blazers as well as skirts for the women while the men will pair the jackets with beige shorts. As symbols of national pride, there’s a lot riding on the designs of Olympic uniforms, having to balance patriotic sensibilities with the functional demands necessa.

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