With the hours ticking down to the start of the Olympic Games in Rio and Saturday’s men’s road race, many of the team kits have been made public on social media. Plenty are striking in appearance, illustrating the attention to detail that national Olympic federations and kit designers have shown.
Here are some of those kits; seeing them in advance of the weekend road race should make identification of the athletes somewhat easier. Got a favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.
AUSTRALIA:
![2 austrailia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_2-austrailia-olympic-kit.jpg)
![3 austrailia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_3-austrailia-olympic-kit.jpg)
![4 austrailia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_4-austrailia-olympic-kit.jpg)
BELGIUM:
![5 belgium olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_5-belgium-olympic-kit.jpg)
![6 belgium olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_6-belgium-olympic-kit.jpg)
BRAZIL:
![7 brazil olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_7-brazil-olympic-kit.jpg)
CANADA:
![8 canada olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_8-canada-olympic-kit.jpg)
COLOMBIA:
![9 columbia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_9-columbia-olympic-kit.jpg)
![10 columbia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_10-columbia-olympic-kit.jpg)
CZECH REPUBLIC:
![11 czech republic olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_11-czech-republic-olympic-kit.jpg)
DENMARK:
![12 denmark olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_12-denmark-olympic-kit.jpg)
FRANCE:
![13 france olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_13-france-olympic-kit.jpg)
GERMANY:
![14 germany olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_14-germany-olympic-kit.jpg)
GREAT BRITAIN:
![15 great britan olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_15-great-britan-olympic-kit.jpg)
IRELAND:
![16 ireland olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_16-ireland-olympic-kit.jpg)
KOREA:
![17 korea olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_17-korea-olympic-kit.jpg)
LATVIA:
![18 latvia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_18-latvia-olympic-kit.jpg)
NAMIBIA:
![19 namibia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_19-namibia-olympic-kit.jpg)
NETHERLANDS:
![20 netherlands olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_20-netherlands-olympic-kit.jpg)
NORWAY:
![21 norway olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_21-norway-olympic-kit.jpg)
POLAND:
![22 poland olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_22-poland-olympic-kit.jpg)
PORTUGAL:
![23 portugal olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_23-portugal-olympic-kit.jpg)
SLOVENIA:
![24 slovenia olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_24-slovenia-olympic-kit.jpg)
SOUTH AFRICA:
![25 south africa olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_25-south-africa-olympic-kit.jpg)
SPAIN:
![26 spain olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_26-spain-olympic-kit.jpg)
SWITZERLAND:
![26 switzerland olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_26-switzerland-olympic-kit.jpg)
USA:
![27 usa olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_27-usa-olympic-kit.jpg)
![28 usa olympic kit](/dbimages/ArticleImage/94/94/fullpage_28-usa-olympic-kit.jpg)
This article was originally published on cyclingtips.com