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Women beach volleyball players don’t have to wear bikinis at Olympics
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| 9 hours ago
| Chris Chase
Posted on 03/27/2012 5:37:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Women beach volleyball players won't have to wear bikinis at the 2012 London Olympics. A new rule announced Tuesday says that participants in this summer's beach volleyball competition can wear shorts and sleeved tops.
Athletes in the event have exclusively worn bikinis since the sport was introduced at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Competitors could also wear bodysuits in cold-weather events.
The change was made to reflect cultural conventions of various participating countries.
"Shorts of a maximum length of [1.18 inches] above the knee, and sleeved or sleeveless tops," will now be allowed, according to the new IOC ruling.
Since the Beijing Olympics, most beach volleyball competitions have changed rules to allow for more modest uniforms. It's an attempt to broaden the diversity in the sport, which tends to be dominated by athletes from Europe, Brazil and the United States. Allowing shorts and shirts can encourage participation from countries with more modest cultural beliefs.
...the field at London's beach volleyball competition won't be dictated by world rankings, as in Olympics past. Qualifying tournaments on various continents will fill the 24-team draw.
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:37:39 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
They’re taking away the one reason I watch the event.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:39:54 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1162 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: BenLurkin
Textbook example of Committee: Shorts of a maximum length of 1.18 inches above the knee
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:41:54 PM PDT
by
tomkat
(FU.baraq !)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Dang! Guess I’ll just have to watch the pole vault instead.
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:42:51 PM PDT
by
saganite
(What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
To: BenLurkin
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:44:26 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: smoothsailing
I love play #2:
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:46:48 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: BenLurkin
When you are beautiful it doesn’t matter.
Besides only the hotties are going to win anyway.
Look Anna Poranakova. Makes more money off her humor and hotness, using tennis as the front for other opportunities.
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:48:18 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: EEGator
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:50:37 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: EEGator
Yes, that’s the cue to play it right down the center.
To: BenLurkin
Then what’s the point of watching that Olympic event?
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:52:52 PM PDT
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: tomkat
1.18”=3cm
That being said, the Olympics were originally played in the nude...
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:53:31 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1162 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: Vendome
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:54:00 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: fieldmarshaldj
It’s probably pretty hard to spike in a burqua.
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:54:30 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: EEGator
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:54:52 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: null and void
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:55:22 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
Yes, that’s the cue to play it right
down up the center.
There.
Fixed.
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posted on
03/27/2012 5:55:39 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1162 of America's ObamaVacation from reality [Heroes aren't made, Frank, they're cornered...])
To: EEGator
Dammit man!! Give a brother.. nevermind...
To: EEGator
Dammit man!! Give a brother.. nevermind...
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