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It's beach volleyball. In the 2020(2021) Tokyo games there was a lot of controversy because the men could wear loose-fittings shorts and shirts, but the women were required to wear bikinis with no more than 10cm of cloth along the side.
After a lot of backlash to the sexism of the uniform rules, they relaxed them this year. Some chose to still wear skimpy stuff, but it was noonger a requirement.
WTF, what was the justification for that rule before they changed it?
It's the Olympics. They don't need to justify things. Their entire purpose is to make money by selling ads. This is obviously to get more viewership by requiring the women to be almost naked.
The idea was that nobody would watch women play without them being sexy for the cameras.
It was disgusting.
So was the opposing team wearing those as a form of protesting or what? I'm confused.
Muslim women must be covered head to toe at all times. This their sport attire.
Oh makes sense.
The Egyptian team is covered head to toe for religous reasons. The rule change allowed them to compete.