The Norwegian women's handball team was fined for not playing in a bikini
The Norwegian team had been planning for weeks to break the rules to point out the double standards applied to female athletes. The players wore shorts on Sunday for the bronze medal match against Spain at the European Beach Handball Championships in Varna, Bulgaria.
"I don't see why we can't play in shorts," said Martine Welfler, one of the Norwegian players. “With so much body teasing and things like that nowadays, you should be able to dress a little more when you play.”
Each Norwegian player was fined €150 (about $177), a total fine of €1,500.
Kare Geir Lio, director of the Norwegian Handball Federation, said the organization will pay the fine. He said Norway had repeatedly complained about the bikini bottom requirement to the international federation since 2006. "Nothing has happened," he said.
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