Olympic Competitors 1896 vs 2020

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Olympic Competitors 1896 vs 2020 - Lemmy.World

Top picture is silver medalist Thomas Paine from the 1896 Summer games, the first year with a shooting competition. Bottom is gold medalist Vitalina Batsarashkina from the 2020 games. https://www.ssusa.org/content/athens-1896-olympics-the-first-shots-for-record/ [https://www.ssusa.org/content/athens-1896-olympics-the-first-shots-for-record/]

The top picture looks so anachronistic. He looks like he’s wearing a hoodie under a pea coat.
He’s a Peaky Blinder.
Hoodies aren’t exactly new technology. Pretty sure hooded upper garments with laces predate pea coats.
Well, yeah its just crazy how modern it looks. If you passed a guy on the street wearing this exact thing you wouldn’t even look twice