American curler Matt Hamilton’s shoes stand out at Olympics

Matt Hamilton throws a rock throughout Group USA's curling match towards the Russian Olympic Committee on the Winter Olympics on Feb. 9, 2022.
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BEIJING — The one issues louder than the shouting within the Olympic curling venue are the sneakers that Matt Hamilton introduced with him to Beijing.

The mustachioed American is representing the crimson, white and blue in a pair of Nikes that characteristic nearly each colour beneath the solar. In keeping with the corporate’s web site, the non-matching sneakers have “ornate embroidery, wild prints, colourful gradients and a spread of premium textures mixing to show acquainted options into one thing fully new.”

Hamilton is a little bit of a sneakerhead, so some associates purchased him a pair from the gathering of skateboarding champion Paul Rodriguez. They had been transformed to curling sneakers by attaching a gripper on one sole and a slider on the opposite.

“I simply thought they’re candy,” Hamilton mentioned earlier than the People opened their gold medal protection with a round-robin match towards the Russians. “Right here we're with some wild sneakers.”

I simply thought they’re candy,” Matt Hamilton mentioned of his distinctive curling sneakers.

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Matt Hamilton, who gained a gold medal in 2018, transformed the multi-colored sneakers into curling sneakers.

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Though curlers are usually extra of the soft-spoken sort, Hamilton stood out through the Pyeongchang Video games along with his bushy mustache and outgoing persona. Because the second on John Shuster’s staff, he helped the US survive 5 straight elimination matches to win the gold medal.

In Beijing, his sneakers assist fill the sartorial hole left behind by the disbanding of Norway’s Group Ulsrud, which gained fame for its outlandish pants over three Olympics. Steffen Walstad’s foursome is representing Norway in 2022, opening the Beijing Video games towards Switzerland within the Ice Dice venue one sheet over from the People.

And their pants had been strong black.