Head of handball urges to withdraw from the bikini bottoms rule

quantity European femaleThe Sports Association calls on senior members of the handball world to resign and oppose the “sexist” regulations that require female athletes to wear bikini bottoms.

The European Handball Federation (EHF) stated that due to the team’s “improper wearing” clothing“.

An EHF statement stated that it has taken disciplinary action and fined the team “150 euros per player for a total of 1,500 euros.”

The International Handball Federation (IHF) rules stipulate that women must wear “tops and bikini bottoms and the final accessories”, while male players must wear “vest and shorts and the final accessories.”

According to the Guardian, Luisa Rizzitelli, president of Assist, an Italian association dedicated to defending the rights of female athletes, told the fine: “This is a blatant sexist practice that needs to be eliminated.”

The newspaper reported that France’s Alice Millarte Foundation and Germany’s Discovery Football have requested the resignation of International Hand Federation President Hassan Mustafa and his EHF President Michael Vidler.

These organizations stated that EHF and IHF “have established an irreversible embarrassment in terms of their image as international sports organizations.”

The International Handball Federation (IHF) stated in a statement: “The International Handball Federation (IHF) has admitted that due to the Norwegian women’s beach handball team’s protest at the 2021 EHF Beach Handball European Championships, there are ongoing concerns regarding IHF beach handball players. Global discussion of uniform regulations and thanks for the feedback received from the handball and non-handball communities.

“The opinions of the IHF Beach Handball Working Group, including their recommendations on uniforms, will be submitted to the IHF Council for approval and will be announced at the IHF General Assembly in November 2021. Until then, even at the conference. Within a few months after the end of the IHF conference, no IHF beach handball match was arranged.”