A pair of beach volleyball girls Karla Borger and Julia Sud have announced that they will boycott the FIVE Beach Volleyball World Tour in Doha, Qatar next month because of a ban on bikinis.
According to media reports, the two appeared on a radio program in their own country, saying, “I’m forbidden to wear work clothes to go to work. It’s that country that the government directs to our work. Only that tournament. I blame it, “he said, stating that he would not participate in the tournament.
Men’s tours have been held regularly for seven years, but this is the first time women’s tours have been held in the country. In Qatar, where Islam is the state religion, clothing with exposed skin is inappropriate, and the International Volleyball Federation has set rules requiring female athletes to wear shirts and long trousers in honor of culture and customs. Was there.
Meanwhile, at the World Beach Games held in 2019 sponsored by the Olympic Committees of each country, bikinis are allowed to be worn as a special case, and the volleyball association of the country welcomed all the players in response to this remark. He commented that it would be a tournament where people could feel comfortable. All the athletes said that they could freely wear the national uniforms of each country and participate in the competition, and indicated that they would not prohibit wearing bikinis.
However, due to criticisms such as a series of abstainers on the world track and field held in Doha in the heat of 2019, Borgel needs to hold a tournament in the same place where the heat is over 30 degrees Celsius even in March. He says he has no sex. (Los Angeles = Kanako Chitose)
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