Katinka Haltvik, a participant on the nationwide workforce, told NRK in April she is aware of individuals who have opted out of the game due to the uniform. “At first I assumed it was very uncomfortable,” she stated. “One turns into extra involved that the panties shouldn’t go astray than taking part in handball.”
“The EHF is dedicated to carry this matter ahead within the curiosity of its member federations, nonetheless it should even be stated {that a} change of the foundations can solely occur at IHF stage,” EHF spokesman Andrew Barringer instructed CBS Information.
Talitha Stone, a Norway resident, launched a petition to Worldwide Handball Federation President Hassan Moustafa to see the rule modified. As of Tuesday, it had acquired greater than 24,340 signatures. “As an Aussie sports-loving lady dwelling in Norway, I’m actually disturbed to see the Norwegian ladies’s seashore handball workforce fined for not taking part in in bikinis on the Euro 21 match with Spain,” Stone wrote within the petition.
It states:
“Male gamers are allowed to play in tank tops and shorts. However the Worldwide Handball Federation (IHF) guidelines state ladies gamers must put on bikini bottoms “with a detailed match and reduce on an upward angle towards the highest of the leg”. IHF says the outfit is according to the ‘enticing picture of the game’.
It’s important to surprise who the outfit is de facto designed to please.
The European Handball Federation’s (EHF) disciplinary fee fined the workforce $1,500 euros for defying the foundations by sporting bike shorts as an alternative of bikinis– even describing the shorts as “improper clothes”! The workforce had requested to be allowed to put on shorts however was threatened with a wonderful and even disqualification.
I like that the ladies went forward with shorts anyway!
I’ve all the time been a giant sportsperson. I used to be concerned in athletics from a younger age and now I practice and compete in triathlons right here in Norway. I’ve all the time felt that there’s a giant distinction in how women and men are handled in sport – totally different expectations about efficiency, look and clothes.
Why ought to feminine athletes be punished for sporting an outfit which is useful and sensible permitting freedom of motion with out worrying about potential publicity to a giant viewers in addition to undesirable feedback and sexual harassment?
World analysis reveals the variety of women taking part in sport is declining as a result of they’re self-conscious about their our bodies and attracting undesirable consideration. Forcing ladies to put on bikini bottoms sends a nasty message to all women that sport isn’t about health and delight, however about placing your physique on show.
I’m not going to let that proceed. That’s why I’m launching this petition calling on the IHF to drop this dangerous rule – and on the EHF to drop the wonderful – and let ladies put on shorts.
Talitha Stone
#dropthefine #letthemwearshorts”
The ladies’s workforce thanked all of its supporters in an Instagram post. “Thanks a lot for all of the help ❤️🥺 We actually recognize all of the love we have now acquired🙏🏼You’re the most effective 👊🏼💥” the workforce stated within the caption of the put up.