Olympian Ohanian adorable in a mini version of Serena Williams' iconic unitard

Olympian Ohanian adorable in a mini version of Serena Williams' iconic unitard

If you are feeling a little emotionally delicate this morning, you might want to save this article for later. Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, daughter of Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian, played tennis wearing a mini version of her mother's iconic Flo Jo inspired asymmetric unitard.

Olympia's Instagram account is naturally run by Williams and Ohanian's parents, and the latter made something of a mistake in posting the photo (but we appreciate that mistake!) In the comments, Williams revealed that she intended to pose with her daughter in her own unitard (pictured above), which made its debut at this year's Australian Open. After writing, "I asked you to save this post until I'm side by side with my daughter in the same outfit," she joked, "Oops, I'm going to have to unplug your phone tonight. Then you will wake up wondering why you have no battery." This whole family! Adorable!

Williams' Nike unitard, and the Olympia's mini version, is paneled in black, pink, and red, one leg full-length, the other cropped at the thigh; at the Australian Open in February, she wrote about it to one of her heroes, current She explained that it was a tribute to one of her heroes, the fastest woman alive, Florence Griffith Joyner. The late Olympic champion Florence Griffith Joyner still holds the 100m and 200m records she set in 1988. Her track outfits are iconic, especially her one-legged uniform, which Williams was inspired by.

"I was inspired as a child by Flo Jo, who was a great track athlete and an amazing athlete," Williams said, according to The Guardian (opens in new tab). 'When you look at her fashion, it's always changing. Her outfits were always amazing.

"This year we thought about what we could do to continue to elevate Serena Williams on the court. The team at Nike came up with this design inspired by Flo Jo. I was like, 'Oh my gosh, this is so awesome.'"

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