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

[Minimalist75]

I had a colleague who played competitive beach vollevball. He metioned that the normal attire was board shorts and no shirts for men, but a few of the men wore swim briefs because they thought that it would intimidate the opposition.
Seems strange to me that the Olympics require men to wear shirts since most other competitions (at least in the US) do not.

[stayinspeedo]

It'd be interesting to see what happens if they said male competitors had to wear swim briefs. My guess is the men would protest just like the women are.

[sebbie]

https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-...ance-seriously

There is a positive benefit of requiring bikinis and speedos gor everyone is that no one can be judged as an individual for wearing them.

[niftynev]

I don't know if it is still the case, but I have previously read that the rules state a maximum bikini size for females, and a minimum shorts length for males. This is stupid and sexist, unbefitting a sport that is in the olympics. If playing in loose clothing (shorts and t-shirts like the males) leads to playing better, then all players should be allowed to do so, likewise, if playing in tight skimpy lycra is better, all players should be allowed to do so.