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- Serena Williams' daughter Olympia recreated her mother's colorful Australian Open catsuit.
- The 3-year-old's father Alexis Ohanian posted the outfit to her Instagram account.
- Nike designed the asymmetric catsuit, inspired by the late US sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner.
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Serena Williams' daughter Olympia recreated her mother's colorful outfit from the 2021 Australian Open, where she secured a 6-1 victory against Germany's Laura Siegemund.
In an Instagram post shared to Olympia's account on Wednesday by her father Alexis Ohanian, the 3-year-old wore a mini version of the black, pink, and red asymmetric catsuit that Williams wore to the tournament on February 8.
The five images in the post showed Olympia on the tennis court with her racket in hand and two matching pink pom-poms in her hair with the caption: "Practice makes…."
Williams appeared to be caught off by her husband's post, as her comment indicated that the outfit was shown off too soon before they could wear them together.
"Awwwww mannnnnn I asked you to save this post until I was next to her side my side in my same outfit," she wrote.
"Oophhh I guess I'll have to pull the plug from your phone tonight. And you wake up wondering why you have no battery LOL," she added.
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The catsuit worn by Williams on the first day of the Melbourne-based tournament was a custom design by her long-term sponsor Nike, who she first signed a $55 million endorsement contract with in 2003, ESPN reported.
She later revealed that the look was a tribute to the sprinter and three-time Olympic champion, Florence Griffith Joyner, who died of a heart seizure in 1998 at 38 years old, according to the BBC.
"I was inspired by Flo-Jo, who was a wonderful track athlete, amazing athlete, when I was growing up," Williams told ESPN and other reporters after her win. "Watching her fashion, just always changing. Her outfits were always amazing."
"This year we thought of what can we do to keep elevating the Serena Williams on the court. The Nike team actually thought of this design of inspiration from Flo-Jo. I was like, 'Oh, my god, this is so brilliant,'" she said.
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According to People, the athlete represented the United States on the Olympic track and field team in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, securing gold medals in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m races at the latter games in Seoul.
Insider previously reported that Joyner, often known as Flo-Jo, is the fastest woman of all time, with the 100m and 200m world records she set in 1988 remaining unbeaten.
Joyner famously wore one-legged ensembles while competing, and won her 1984 Olympic silver medal while wearing one, the New York Times reported, but during a 1988 NBC Olympics profile, she said that the iconic "one-legger" was not intentional.
"The one-legger was by accident," she said. "It was a two-legger, originally. I was in the mirror, and I cut off one leg, and I liked how it looked. So I took a pair of my briefs, and I put it over the top of the one leg. And I said, well that looks good, I'll try that."