2012 U.S. Olympic Team Cycling Bib-Shorts
name: label: user
content: Gould, Georgia
label: maker
content: SKINS International Trading AG
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Spandex cycling bib-shorts worn by Georgia Gould when she won a bronze medal in the Cross-Country Mountain Bike event at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Overall color is dark blue. The inside of the legs have circles of clear silicone gripper material adhered to the fabric. A light blue padded foam “chamois” is sewn into the interior crotch area of the bib-shorts. The text USA is printed on the outside of both legs and a horizontal red and white stripe with white stars is printed at the bottom of each leg.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The 2012 Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad were held in London, England with 204 countries, 5,992 men and 4,776 women athletes participating. With the inclusion of women’s boxing, these Games became the first with female competitors in every sport and the first at which each country entered, had a female representative. Women’s boxing debuted and mixed doubles in tennis was held for the first time since the 1924 Games. American Michael Phelps won his 22nd medal making him the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. Every athlete to win a medal at these Games was drug tested and as of 2017, 31 medals had been rescinded due to doping. The United States won the medal count with 104.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: worn
content: United Kingdom: England, London
topic: label: used
content: Olympics
label: used
content: Cycling
label: used
content: Mountain Biking
label: related event
content: Olympic Summer Games: London, 2012
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0065.03
label: accession number
content: 2014.0065
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0065.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cycling bib-shorts, summer olympics
label: Object Name
content: cycling bib-shorts
label: Object Name
content: cycling bib-shorts
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: synthetic fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 in x 15 in; 63.5 cm x 38.1 cm