Red, white and new: Team GB kit covers all the right bases

THIS is the first look at the kit Britain's athletes will wear at this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

- Robert Dex

The design by Adidas is described as "grounded in simplicity" and "builds around the classic British red, white and blue" while featuring "white lion head graphics". The "sleek, modern collection" is designed so the red and white elements pop against the blue when athletes are competing.

Among those modelling the kit were gymnast Max Whitlock and divers Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix - daughter of First Dates host Fred