Norwegian women's beach handball team fined for not playing in bikinis

[Diamond_Dog]

The Norwegian women’s beach handball team has been fined for refusing to play in bikini bottoms during a game in the sport’s Euro 2021 tournament.

The team wore thigh-length elastic shorts during their bronze medal match against Spain in Bulgaria on Sunday to protest against the regulation bikini-bottom design that the sport's Norwegian federation president called “embarrassing.”

The team was fined 1,500 euros total ($1,700) for “improper clothing,” according to a statement from the European Handball Association's Disciplinary Commission.

While male players are allowed to play in tank tops and shorts no longer than 4 inches above the knee, women are required to wear midriff-baring tops and bikini bottoms “with a close fit and cut on an upward angle toward the top of the leg” and a maximum side width of 4 inches, according to International Handball Federation regulations.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/norwegian-women-s-beach-handball-team-fined-not-playing-bikinis-n1274453

What year is this?

[samnsara]

1. pigs

[spooky3]

2. They are right that it is sexist. Nt

[Thomas Hurt]

3. I enjoy seeing a woman in a bikini the same as next heterosexual dude but please....

let the ladies wear what they feel comfortable in.

[luv2fly]

4. The bikinis are cool

So long as the guys have to wear thongs.

Just ewww.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. A thong on me would look like...

... a bearded man with a narrow piece of cloth gagging his mouth. Turned 90 degrees.

[Enter stage left]

5. EVERY SINGLE TEAM SHOULD SHOW UP TOMORROW IN SHORTS!

[pdxflyboy]

6. K and R Yes!

[niyad]

7. Thank you so much for posting this. What incredibly sexist BS!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

9. When your rules are sexist, then change the rules!

Good grief!

[alittlelark]

10. Sick Fucks made that ruling

[Mister Ed]

11. So shorts are "improper clothing".

Time was when athletes in bikinis would be deemed to be wearing "improper clothing". Now they're required?

[mitch96]

12. But on the other hand this paraOlympian got dinged FOR wearing a bikini bottom..

Come on guys, get your feces together...Yes? No? which way does the wind blow?
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https://www.newsweek.com/olivia-breen-paralympic-athlete-criticized-inappropriate-shorts-1611297