The Norwegian femaless beach handball group is being fined for using shorts during a recent tournament video game. The group is seen here after a video game in 2018.
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The Norwegian femaless beach handball team is being fined for wearing shorts throughout a current tournament video game. The team is seen here after a game in 2018.
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“From a European perspective, the reaction is based on disinformation on the treatment,” the federations said. The federations kept in mind that Norway submitted a movement to talk about allowing ladies to use shorts in April.
The International Handball Federations guidelines and guidelines require guys to use shorts that fall no longer than 10 centimeters (about 4 inches) above their knees. But the rules for females are more particular, and revealing: “Female professional athletes need to wear swimsuit bottoms … with a close fit and cut on an upward angle towards the top of the leg,” the rules state. “The side width should be of an optimum of 10 centimeters.” Beach handball is a reasonably new sport. In the Olympics sphere, its included just in the Youth Olympic Games. However it has actually grown in popularity considering that formal rules for the sport were devised in the 1980s. It shares the same court configuration as beach volley ball– another sport that is under examination for needing female athletes to use exposing bikini bottoms while male professional athletes contend in shorts.
Female professional athletes uniforms will be a main topic for the freshly established Beach Handball Commission, which will hold its first meeting next month, the European and worldwide federations said.
Norways team provided advance cautioning to officials at the European Beach Handball Championship that the professional athletes would use shorts rather than swimsuit bottoms when they faced Spain in a bronze-medal game Sunday. The Norwegians lost that video game– but they also stated they were proud to make a declaration by playing in shorts instead of swimsuit bottoms. “We are overwhelmed by the attention and support from all over the world!” the team said. “We truly hope this will result in a modification of this nonsense rule!” it added.
“Of course we would pay any fine,” Norwegian Handball Federation President Kare Geir Lio told Agence France-Presse. “This is an important fight, and Im very happy to be a part of this,” Norways Martine Welfler said as she welcomed the assistance her group has gotten. Why the Norwegian group opposes bikini bottoms The Norwegian group said the bikini bottoms arent practical in a sport that constantly sees gamers diving into the sand.
The federations disciplinary commission imposed a fine of 150 euros per gamer (around $175) on the 10-member squad. In a joint declaration with the International Handball Federation, the authorities said that “all efforts will be taken in order to additional promote the sport.
In a joint statement with the International Handball Federation, the authorities said that “all efforts will be taken in order to additional promote the sport. Norways team offered advance cautioning to authorities at the European Beach Handball Championship that the athletes would use shorts rather than bikini bottoms when they dealt with Spain in a bronze-medal game Sunday. “This is a crucial fight, and Im really proud to be a part of this,” Norways Martine Welfler said as she welcomed the assistance her group has actually gotten. Why the Norwegian team opposes swimsuit bottoms The Norwegian group stated the swimwear bottoms arent useful in a sport that continuously sees gamers diving into the sand. The International Handball Federations guidelines and rules need males to use shorts that fall no longer than 10 centimeters (about 4 inches) above their knees.
