There is plenty of sporting gossip to be had at Vancouver’s Winter Olympics, but one passion appears to have swept through the city, uniting fans, athletes, supporters and reporters – a pair of pillar-box red knitted mittens.
The practical garment has become the must-have souvenir of the 2010 Games, but although the brightly-coloured accessories can always be seen on camera, they are harder to find on sale.
Decorated with the Olympic five rings on one side and a Canadian maple leaf on the other, the mittens are part of the Canada Olympic Gear collection designed by Suzanne Timmins, fashion director at Hudson Bay Company.
Costing just 10 Canadian dollars (£6), Olympic Superstore director Dana Hall said she was not surprised queues to buy the mittens can stretch out of the shop.
She said: “It’s a practical item at 10 dollars; everyone can afford it … they are lightweight, packable, they don’t break… it is just the perfect item.”
Ms Hall said sometimes people wait up to an hour to reach the Superstore’s tills, and guessed about 20,000 people passed through its doors every day since the Olympics began.
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