GK Elite said Tuesday it will serve as an associate sponsor and supplier of all gymnastics leotard apparel for the Gold Over America Tour, a high-energy, gymnastics-meets-pop-concert spectacular headlined by Olympic champion Simone Biles.
Reading-based GK Elite said in a press release that it will outfit the show’s all-star team of female gymnastics champions in various leotard designs and looks while spreading messages of empowerment and togetherness to inspire current and future generations of athletes.
The 35-city tour includes a stop in Philadelphia on Nov. 5.
Biles will be joined by 2016 Olympic gold and silver medalist Laurie Hernandez and All-American and NCAA National Champion Katelyn Ohashi, as well as her teammates from the Tokyo Olympics: gold medalist Jade Carey and silver medalists Jordan Chiles, MyKayla Skinner and Grace McCallum, among other top female gymnasts.
“We are proud to continue our longstanding partnership with Simone Biles and outfit the amazing female athletes participating in the Gold Over America Tour,” said Matt Cowan, GK Elite’s chief commercial officer, in a statement. “The tour is a celebration of powerful women representing the sport of gymnastics and will inspire the next generation of athletes to bring forth the gold inside us all.”
GK Elite will launch a commemorative leotard as part of the GOAT Tour available for purchase at each tour stop for a limited time only. The leotard will be complete with shiny “spanglez” embellishment around a pink “Goldie” the goat, made famous by Biles who sported the goat design on her GK leotards at the 2021 GK US Classic and the US Gymnastics Championships. Also available will be leotards from each of the GK Elite collections personally designed by Biles, Ohashi and Hernandez, along with the 2021 National Team replicas.
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