Is Julia Marino sponsored by Prada?
Is Julia Marino sponsored by Prada?
Marino withdrew from the Beijing Games before the big-air competition, which was scheduled for Monday and Tuesday. According to Front Office Sports’ Michael McCarthy, the 24-year-old Olympian arrived in Beijing with sponsorship from Prada’s luxury-sportswear brand, Prada Linea Rossa.
Why did Julia Marino withdraw?
“I got on my board and my board felt off, and I just felt unstable and unsteady.” Unwilling to ride a snowboard she wasn’t comfortable with, Marino decided to withdraw from the big air competition.
Where does Julia Marino live now?
Where is Julia Marino from? She lives in Westport, Connecticut.
Is Julia Marino adopted?
Julia Marino and her brother, Mark, were both adopted from Paraguay as babies. They were raised by parents John and Sharon Marino in the town of Winchester, Mass.
Why was the Prada snowboard not allowed in the Olympics?
The IOC said her board’s branding violated Olympic advertising rules because Prada is not a sporting-goods company. It said it became aware of the issue after Marino competed in slopestyle and sought a “solution with minimal impact.”
Why did IOC ban Prada snowboard?
In a statement responding to questions by NBC Connecticut, the IOC said “the athlete was competing with a snowboard with the branding of a company that doesn’t primarily have its business in sporting goods, contrary to Olympic advertising rules that protect the funding of the Olympic Movement.”
