Paralympic champion Olivia Breen revealed the many hurdles that women in sport continue to face

Last week, the double Paralympic world champion Olivia Breen shared a story of an incident at the English Athletics Championships. When she had just finished her long jump competition, a female official said “my sprint shorts were too short and inappropriate”, she wrote. “I was left speechless… they are specifically designed for competing in.” She has said she is planning to make an official complaint.

Over in Bulgaria, at the only Euros I am ready to talk about, the Norwegian women’s beach handball team were fined €1,500 (£1,285), or €150 a player, for “a case of improper clothing”. In this case of improper clothing, which sounds like a lost Murder She Wrote episode, the Norwegian women found that their shorts were not skimpy enough. The rules stated that they should have been wearing bikini bottoms “with a close fit and cut on an upward angle toward the top of the leg”, rather than the shorts they chose to compete in instead. The main stipulations for the men’s team are shorts 10cm above the kneecap and “not too baggy”.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

Lead campaigner in People’s Vote group quits as director

Exclusive: Roland Rudd, pro-EU group’s former chair, resigns along with director Richard…

Sainsbury’s CEO’s pay triples to £3.8m as firm rejects living wage calls

Supermarket faces vote from investors to pay a living wage to all…

Georgia deputy filmed punching Black man in front of children is fired

Video of incident after stop for broken taillight went viral Victim Roderick…

Tory MPs hit out at Hancock over Covid powers extension

Backbenchers accuse health secretary of using false claims before vote on Coronavirus…