Female handball players will no longer have to wear bikini bottoms
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Norway’s team lines up during the 2018 Women’s Beach Handball World Cup final against Greece on July 29, 2018 in Kazan, Russia.
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A Women’s Beach Handball Team Is Fined For Not Wanting To Wear Bikini Bottoms
Each member of the 10-person team was fined 150 euros, or around $175. American singer P!nk offered to cover the cost at the time, though the federation said it had donated the money to a «major international sports foundation which supports equality for women and girls in sports.»
It added that it would «do its utmost to influence a change in the beach handball uniform regulations,» but any formal decision rested with the international governing body, or IHF.
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In an open letter last month, 4 countries urged the IHF to review uniform policies
The IHF said back in July that it appreciated the feedback it had heard as a result of the Norwegian team’s protest, but couldn’t change any uniform requirements without undergoing a thorough approval process.
It explained that the IHF Commissions and Working Groups are traditionally tasked with evaluating beach handball regulations ahead of each IHF Congress, and a working group was already looking into equipment and uniforms.
«While alternatives to the current uniform have been already studied and elaborated by the IHF Beach Handball Working Group, the IHF cannot take a decision without analysing the implementation procedure as well and several steps need to be taken to implement new rules,» it said.
In September, the sports ministers of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Finland wrote an open letter to the IHF, urging it to review its uniform policies «in accordance with gender equality.»
The rule change will be officially presented to the IHF Congress in Turkey next week before taking effect in January.
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