Voices in support of the actions of Norwegian female players who faced the match in shorts instead of the prescribed bikini at the beach handball tournament in Europe this month. Is rising one after another.
The International Handball Federation announced that the Norwegian women's team wore shorts instead of the prescribed bikini at the European Beach Handball Championship in Bulgaria on July 18, for about 200,000 yen for the entire team. I was fined.
By regulation, female athletes should "wear a bikini that is cut along the base of the foot."
In response to this measure, there have been a series of voices supporting the behavior of athletes, and prominent American tennis player Billie Jean King said on Twitter, "We should stop treating female athletes sexually. I criticized the regulation.
In addition, famous American singer Pink said, "I'm proud of them," and offered to take over the fine.
On the other hand, the International Handball Federation says, "We will make every effort to promote the competition, including uniforms."
Regarding the uniforms of female athletes, the damage caused by voyeurism and the spread of images for sexual purposes have become problems, and in the qualifying for gymnastics girls of the Tokyo Olympics held on the 25th, German athletes have traditionally been I acted in a bodysuit that covers the whole body, not in the leotard.