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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge, during a SportsAid event at the London Stadium in Stratford
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge attends a SportsAid event, Stratford, London, UK - 26 Feb 2020
I just opened with this picture because it is cute. Whomst amongst us has not imagined being in the starting blocks at the Olympics?
Kate Goes to a SportsAid Event
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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge during a SportsAid event at the London Stadium in Stratford
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge attends a SportsAid event, Stratford, London, UK - 26 Feb 2020
BUT KATE WHAT ARE YOU WEARING. This is v. goofy. Just...wear some polished athleisure. Everyone knows you're there to run around! (She spoke to parents at this event and also gave a little speech so I get that it might have felt tricksy, but...come on. ALL the athletes at the round table chat were in their gear.)
Kate Goes to a SportsAid Event
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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge (centre) during a SportsAid event at the London Stadium in Stratford
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge attends a SportsAid event, Stratford, London, UK - 26 Feb 2020
I DO appreciate the very realistic, "Oh, I need my hair out of my face" ponytail here, as opposed to her usual Glorious Intentional Ponytail.
Kate Goes to a SportsAid Event
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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge prepares exits the starting blocks during a SportsAid event at the London Stadium in Stratford
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge attends a SportsAid event, Stratford, London, UK - 26 Feb 2020
I'm a track and field expert thanks to, er, watching the Olympics, and her form looks pretty good here.
Kate Goes to a SportsAid Event
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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge smiles during a short race at a SportsAid event at the London Stadium in Stratford
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge attends a SportsAid event, Stratford, London, UK - 26 Feb 2020
Kate. Kaaaaaate. Catherine.
I mean, okay. This tee-shirt/culottes look might MAYBE be workable with, like, very carefully chosen flats at a totally different event. But as is, this is hilarious to me.
Kate Goes to a SportsAid Event
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Heptathlete Jessica Ennis (second right) watches as para-athlete sprinter Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker shakes hands with Catherine Duchess of Cambridge following a short sprint race during a SportsAid event at the London Stadium in Stratford
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge attends a SportsAid event, Stratford, London, UK - 26 Feb 2020
Here, we've got heptathlete Jessica Ennis and sprinter Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker after the sprints and this event did really look like it was great fun, trouser-issues notwithstanding (and those are fun for ME).
Kate Goes to a SportsAid Event
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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge is shown Taekwondo moves by Great Britain's Lutalo Muhammad (left), during a SportsAid event at the London Stadium in Stratford
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge attends a SportsAid event, Stratford, London, UK - 26 Feb 2020
Informative Caption tells use that Kate here is learning "taekwondo moves" from Lutalo Muhammad -- Heather has a black belt in taekwondo, so I'm sorry she's not writing this slide, as she'd have better sportsy-input than I do! So I'm just going to say that (a) this looks like useful info for anyone to have, and (b) Lutalo Muhammad is handsome. THE END!
