Remember the 2025 Winter Cup? This US gymnastics star, an Olympic bronze medalist, debuted a new, custom men’s gymnastics uniform in an effort to introduce, as he called it, “ a modern-day switch of the uniform.” Instead of the traditional tight unitard and foot-covering pants, he opted for a cooler, more comfortable look: A looser tank top with shorts resembling a fitted basketball uniform, paired with optional leggings for events like pommel horse, where gymnasts’ legs may brush against the apparatus. And now, it had the Olympian crying.
The Player’s Tribune, Frederick Richard himself, and Michigan Men’s Gymnastics Team all collaborated on Instagram today to take us back to the behind-the-scenes of that day. The post first read something shared by Fred. “You guys ever feel like yo