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madamesilverspurs

(16,513 posts)
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 03:17 AM Apr 2023

There is a difference

between Olympics women's beach volleyball and college beach volleyball: In the college game the players are allowed to wear clothes.


Just a totally irrelevant insomniac channel-surfing observation


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There is a difference (Original Post) madamesilverspurs Apr 2023 OP
It does bother me that female Olympic Beach Volleyball athletes wear next to nothing. Fla Dem Apr 2023 #1

Fla Dem

(27,640 posts)
1. It does bother me that female Olympic Beach Volleyball athletes wear next to nothing.
Thu Apr 27, 2023, 11:06 AM
Apr 2023

There's no reason for it except to sexualize them. It's required by the Olympic Committee. But if men can wear reasonable uniforms, women should be allowed to as well.

Women's Uniforms






Mens Uniforms



Olympics kit rules: Why beach volleyball bikinis are so small and other Tokyo 2020 restrictions
Norway women’s beach handball team recently opted to wear shorts instead of bikini bottoms at the European Championships

https://inews.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-kit-rules-explained-beach-volleyball-bikinis-size-tokyo-2020-restrictions-1114025
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