Beach Volleyball Bikini Ban Leads to Top Players Boycotting Tournament
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Two German beach volleyball stars will boycott a tournament in Qatar over the nation's refusal to allow female players to wear bikinis on the court.
Karla Borger, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and her doubles partner, Julia Sude, will not take part in the FIVB World Tour event in Doha as Qatar is "the only country" which mandates female players to wear shirts and long trousers.
"We are there to do our job, but are being prevented from wearing our work clothes," Borger told radio station Deutschlandfunk on Sunday.
"This is really the only country and the only tournament where a government tells us how to do our job—we are criticizing that. [...] We are asking whether it's necessary to hold a tournament there at all."
Qatar has hosted a men's beach volleyball competition over the last seven years, but next month's FIVB World Tour event will mark the first time the nation will stage a women's tournament.
In a separate interview with Der Spiegel magazine, the duo said they were happy to "adapt to any country" in normal circumstances, but would not comply with the demands of the organizers of the event in Doha ...
the girls in the ideal uniforms:
What kind of buffoon could possibly find this to be objectionable???
