By Jacqui Palumbo, CNN(CNN) — When women first competed in Olympic track and field events in 1928, they wore loose t-shirts and wide shorts, sometimes cinched with a belt. The controversy follows a headline-making protest at the 2020 Tokyo Games, when the German women’s gymnastics team rejected bikini-cut unitards in favor of fuller coverage, in a statement against “sexualization in gymnastics,” the German Gymnastics Federation said at the time. Function and styleOn the Olympic track, there aren’t many regulations when it comes to what athletes can wear. Look good, feel good, do good. But more fabric hasn’t caught on since then for women track athletes; instead, the reverse has trended.

Source: Ethiopian News August 03, 2024 17:07 UTC