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Today is Monday, April 15, 2024, Tax Day in the U.S.

and also the 128th running of the Boston Marathon.

And we begin with Nike not quite clearing the hurdle of public opinion

with its new round of Olympic uniforms.

Specifically, it's designs for the U.S. Women's track and field team.

One option in particular struck a nerve.

It looks like a one-piece bathing suit with high-cut bottoms, more appropriate

the Wall Street Journal notes for Baywatch than for the world's

top athletes competing on the world's biggest stage. Social media labeled the uniform disrespectful

with one user posting, when you run out of fabric

after designing the men's kit. It's not the first such backlash. At the

Tokyo Games German gymnast competed in full-body unitards to protest the sports historically

skimpy outfits and the Norwegian Beach Handball team ditched required bikini

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