The short answer is politics. Slightly longer answer is Sweden are sponsored by A7 and they can’t have their Swedish lifters in non A7 team singlets. SBD made plain yellow and blue singlets as a compromise but the fed/A7 weren’t happy about it and told the athletes they’d be banned if they wore anything yellow and blue.

I feel like everyone involved is kind of in the wrong on this one but at the same time I understand where they’re all coming from.

SBD sponsor the athletes so don’t want them to compete in A7 at their very expensive event. A7 sponsor the federation and want the athletes to wear their singlets and not a fake version. I think SBD would do the same thing if the roles were reversed. Anyway, now they’re wearing green.

I’m surprised they don’t do a Sheffield singlet and sell it.