The uniforms have also been designed with special ventilation features to account for the potentially baking temperatures of the Parisian summer.
When the Matildas take the field for their opening round match at the Paris Olympics, for which they qualified in Melbourne last week, they will wear a kit featuring the work of two Indigenous artists, designed to keep them cool in the baking French summer.
Cikamatana says putting on the Olympic kit for the first time, even before officially qualifying, was “so unreal because we have trained so hard trying to qualify ... wearing the green and gold this morning felt like the time is getting near. I can’t even put into words how I feel right now”.The opening ceremony uniforms, to be designed for the eighth time by Australian heritage brand Sportscraft, will be unveiled in mid-April.
Their designs are featured on the shoulders of some of the shirts and front and centre on the tracksuits the athletes are expected to wear on the medal dais, hopefully, a record number of times if all goes to plan.