Germany's gymnasts wear body-covering unitards, rejecting 'sexualization' of sport

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'We wanted to show that every woman, everybody, should decide what to wear.' Germany's gymnasts wear body-covering unitards, rejecting 'sexualization' of sport. Tokyo2020

Tokyo The German women's gymnastics team has forgone bikini-cut unitards in favor of full-body versions at the Tokyo Olympics, in what the German Gymnastics Federation has branded a statement against"sexualization."

The suits, which the team wore in their qualifications at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, cover the legs to the ankle and are in contrast to the high-cut leotards worn by many other female gymnasts at the Olympics."It's about what feels comfortable," German gymnast Elisabeth Seitz said."We wanted to show that every woman, everybody, should decide what to wear.

 

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Looks great. Don’t need bare skin to be an athlete, let them have options like baseball. Pant leg or socks, still same uniform.

Had she been a Muslim, the text of this would have been altogether different.

If a Muslim does it, the whole world talks about being oppressed. Hats off to the twisted standards

What to wear depends upon the faith we hv and the society we abode..what is right for one in this regard is wrong for others and we need to be accomodative to others choices..from islamic point of view wearing tight cloths or not wearing them is immodest at different levels..

I agree, good suggestion.

Big fkn deal - only been same uniforms for 50 fkn yrs - but NOW it’s a problem - so dumb

But hijab is not a freedom of choice for women

Why stop there? They should have worn burqas. Anything short of that is sexualization

'decide what to wear' is the opposite of 'uniform'

Please! Why just not have all female athletes shave their heads, tape their breasts and appear androgynous? Please! I enjoy watching fit female athletes in not much. Certainly nothing wrong with that. No need to be so prudish.

add hijabs

Sexualisation? I thought it was Body Positivity. Anyways

Good. Let them wear what they feel most comfortable in (and not only gymnasts).

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