The International Handball Federation (IHF) has modified its guidelines relating to girls’s uniforms to permit seashore handball gamers to put on shorts as a substitute of bikini bottoms, following complaints that earlier guidelines have been sexist.
Norway’s seashore handball staff was fined 1,500 euros ($1,735) by the European Handball Federation in July for being “incorrectly dressed” after girls on the European Championships wore shorts as a substitute of bikini bottoms.
Norwegian Sports Minister Abid Raja mentioned the scenario was “absolutely ridiculous” and that perspective wanted to vary, whereas American singer Pink mentioned she was pleased with the staff and provided to pay the positive.
The ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden requested the IHF in September to assessment comparable guidelines “according to gender equality”.
The part on girls’s uniforms within the IHF rulebook has eliminated the reference to bikini bottoms and now reads: “Female athletes must wear short tight pants with a close fit” whereas they could additionally put on “body fitted tank tops”. Huh. Male athletes are allowed to put on shorts which might be “not too baggy” however should stay 10 cm above the knee.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
