Evolution of women's beach volleyball uniformsSHAUN BOTTERILL/GETTY IMAGESMany beach volleyballers are choosing to stick with the traditional two pieces of lycra in Rio, but they no longer have to. SHAUN BOTTERILL/GETTY IMAGESWomen's beach volleyball is one of those much-talked about, highly anticipated events - usually for all the wrong reasons. "The original way to play beach volleyball was in a bikini and board shorts, and I don't know what else they want us to wear..."When it comes to beach volleyball, we're playing in 100-degree-plus weather. Johnson's bizarre description of these world-class athletes coincided with the first Olympics where female beach volleyball players were not restricted to lycra by the International Volleyball Federation's (FIVB) uniform code. If that gets numbers and people interested in the game then that's a good start..."I couldn't think of anything else you could play beach volleyball in.

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