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Lululemon has partnered with Team Canada to come up with the country's Olympics kit, making sure stars 'feel their best' this summer, a day after Nike was slammed for skimpy track and field leotards for female athletes ahead of the Games in Paris.

On Tuesday, Team Canada unveiled red and white kits - the country's official colors - with a high-tech design focusing on thermal comfort while also paying homage to the country's indigenous heritage. 

Barely 24 hours earlier, Team USA faced backlash over its 'sexist' kits due to a high-cut, light-colored leotard that barely covers the bikini line for female track and field athletes. Steeplechaser Colleen Quigley and hurdler Queen Harrison reproached Nike and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee for deciding to prioritize skimpiness over function.

Meanwhile, in designing their first Summer Games collection, Lululemon said it leaned heavily on product testing and feedback from 19 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes across 14 different sports, including gold medal hopes such as tennis player Leylah Fernandez, decathlete Damian Warner and swimmer Summer McIntosh. 

Top of athletes' concerns was having outfits that work well in the Paris heat and humidity followed by fit and function. The Games are set to run from July 26 to August 11.