Norway's beach handball side got fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms at the Euro 2021.
— Manos Moschopoulos (@maledictus) July 20, 2021
The European federation said that the resulting outcry "is based on disinformation on the procedure."
This photo shows there's more wrong with the sport than 'procedure.' https://t.co/nXkeqklxPw
July 21, 2021
The photo makes all the argument anyone should need.
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3 comments:
ken writes:
"I consider myself well-informed on sports, but before this week I had never heard of beach handball. Maybe the uniform rules were designed to promote a hitherto obscure sport. There has been controversy over the skimpy female uniforms for the much better known and established sport of beach volleyball. Women wear a bikini uniform because it's what they prefer, but more modest uniforms are also allowed, and especially used for religious and cultural reasons by certain teams."
I'll just say: Do you have a citation for the proposition "Women wear a bikini uniform because it's what they prefer"?
Lucien writes:
"After looking over a couple of confusing articles about this subject, it seems that "handball" and "volleyball" are interchangeable in Norweigian.
"Having grown up in LA, I think traditional beach volleyball uniforms are: shirtless for men (paint on the team numbers?), bathing suits for women.
"Oddly, the bikini requirements at the Olympics don't seem to apply for indoor volleyball."
I'll add:
The non-leering defense of the bikini that I'm seeing is that it's better from keeping sand out of your clothing. That would make sense of the indoor/outdoor difference.
Fred writes:
"Only one data point, but my friend who plays Beach volleyball hates the bikini "uniform" requirement. It's apparently common even in amateur leagues."
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