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Also known as sports clothing, activewear

thumb|U.S. Navy sailors exercising in the presence of a fitness instructor. All of them are wearing sportswear appropriate for doing [[exercise.]] thumb|100 m race record holder Usain Bolt (in yellow) and other runners in sportswear.

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
sports equipment
Image
Flickr cc runner wisconsin u.jpg
Has use
sport
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topic's main category
Category:Sportswear
Commons category
Sports clothing
OpenStreetMap tag
clothes=sports
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Functional considerations
  • Thermal properties
  • Protective wear
  • Headgear
  • Eye and face shields
  • Mouth guards
  • Sales trends for activewear
  • Gender difference
  • Specific sports
  • Golf attire
  • Snow gear and ski apparel
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|U.S. Navy sailors exercising in the presence of a fitness instructor. All of them are wearing sportswear appropriate for doing [[exercise.]] thumb|100 m race record holder Usain Bolt (in yellow) and other runners in sportswear.

Sportswear or activewear is athletic clothing, including footwear, worn for sports activity or physical exercise. Sport-specific clothing is worn for most sports and physical exercise, for practical, comfort or safety reasons.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sportswear” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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