This week at the Tokyo Olympics, many people are thinking more about the kind of sports clothing, or uniforms, female athletes wear. The clothing worn by Olympic gymnasts and by women who played in a beach handball competition in Europe gained attention this week. In Europe, the Norwegian beach handball team wore close-fitting shorts: a kind of clothing for the lower part of the body. They were protesting having to wear bikini bottoms or extremely short shorts. The women on the team were fined by the organization that supervises their sport in Europe. In Tokyo, the German women’s gymnastics team wore clothing that covered their legs to protest the way many young women in the sport are treated by men. Those stories made people wonder if the women who play beach volleyball like to wear athletic clothing that looks like a swimsuit. The athletes say they do not mind. April Ross is a member of the USA women’s beach volleyball team. She said the sport started on beaches in California, Hawaii and Brazil. When people finished playing, they could go cool off in the ocean, so it made sense to wear swimsuits. Men who play beach volleyball at the Olympics wear swimsuits along with thin t-shirts without arms known as tank tops. Since they are playing on sand, most players say they are happy to wear as little clothing as possible. When the sand gets into their clothing, it does not feel good against their skin. Alix Klineman is Ross’ volleyball teammate. She said: “I totally respect other people wanting to be more covered if that’s what makes them more comfortable.” The beach volleyball games are played in all kinds of weather, even rain. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Misty May-Treanor won the gold medal with her partner Kerri Walsh in a rainstorm. “This is just another reason why we play in bathing suits,” May-Treanor said at the time. The volleyball players do not have to wear swimsuits, they just have to wear the same thing. They can wear long sleeves or long, tight pants, known as leggings if it is cold. They can also wear head coverings for religious reasons. The FIVB is the organization that supervises beach volleyball at the Olympics. It says there are several choices. The organization said: “Beach volleyball welcomes all, and these uniform regulations ensure that our sport is culturally and religiously inclusive.” Doaa Elghobashy is a member of the Egyptian beach volleyball team. She keeps her body covered with loose clothing and wears a hijab, a Muslim head covering. “It doesn’t keep me away from the things I love to do,” she said. “And beach volleyball is one of them.”
Title: Competitors Explain Beach Volleyball Clothing
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5229/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Competitors Explain Beach Volleyball Clothing' data-article-id='5813'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13208'>This week at the Tokyo Olympics, many people are thinking more about the kind of sports clothing, or uniforms, female athletes wear.</span> <span data-start-time='13208' data-end-time='26208'>The clothing worn by Olympic gymnasts and by women who played in a beach handball competition in Europe gained attention this week.</span> <span data-start-time='26208' data-end-time='39438'>In Europe, the Norwegian beach handball team wore close-fitting shorts: a kind of clothing for the lower part of the body. </span> <span data-start-time='39438' data-end-time='48688'>They were protesting having to wear bikini bottoms or extremely short shorts. </span> <span data-start-time='48688' data-end-time='57583'>The women on the team were fined by the organization that supervises their sport in Europe.</span> <span data-start-time='57583' data-end-time='74646'>In Tokyo, the German women’s gymnastics team wore clothing that covered their legs to protest the way many young women in the sport are treated by men.</span> <span data-start-time='74646' data-end-time='88833'>Those stories made people wonder if the women who play beach volleyball like to wear athletic clothing that looks like a swimsuit.</span> <span data-start-time='88833' data-end-time='93646'>The athletes say they do not mind.</span> <span data-start-time='93646' data-end-time='100833'>April Ross is a member of the USA women’s beach volleyball team.</span> <span data-start-time='100833' data-end-time='110563'>She said the sport started on beaches in California, Hawaii and Brazil. </span> <span data-start-time='110563' data-end-time='122438'>When people finished playing, they could go cool off in the ocean, so it made sense to wear swimsuits.</span> <span data-start-time='122438' data-end-time='137646'>Men who play beach volleyball at the Olympics wear swimsuits along with thin t-shirts without arms known as tank tops.</span> <span data-start-time='137646' data-end-time='148396'>Since they are playing on sand, most players say they are happy to wear as little clothing as possible. </span> <span data-start-time='148396' data-end-time='156604'>When the sand gets into their clothing, it does not feel good against their skin.</span> <span data-start-time='156604' data-end-time='162375'>Alix Klineman is Ross’ volleyball teammate. </span> <span data-start-time='162375' data-end-time='173667'>She said: “I totally respect other people wanting to be more covered if that’s what makes them more comfortable.”</span> <span data-start-time='173667' data-end-time='181104'>The beach volleyball games are played in all kinds of weather, even rain. </span> <span data-start-time='181104' data-end-time='193042'>At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Misty May-Treanor won the gold medal with her partner Kerri Walsh in a rainstorm.</span> <span data-start-time='193042' data-end-time='201292'>“This is just another reason why we play in bathing suits,” May-Treanor said at the time.</span> <span data-start-time='201292' data-end-time='209000'>The volleyball players do not have to wear swimsuits, they just have to wear the same thing.</span> <span data-start-time='209000' data-end-time='217292'>They can wear long sleeves or long, tight pants, known as leggings if it is cold. </span> <span data-start-time='217292' data-end-time='221938'>They can also wear head coverings for religious reasons.</span> <span data-start-time='221938' data-end-time='230125'>The FIVB is the organization that supervises beach volleyball at the Olympics. </span> <span data-start-time='230125' data-end-time='234354'>It says there are several choices.</span> <span data-start-time='234354' data-end-time='247958'>The organization said: “Beach volleyball welcomes all, and these uniform regulations ensure that our sport is culturally and religiously inclusive.”</span> <span data-start-time='247958' data-end-time='254854'>Doaa Elghobashy is a member of the Egyptian beach volleyball team. </span> <span data-start-time='254854' data-end-time='261813'>She keeps her body covered with loose clothing and wears a hijab, a Muslim head covering.</span> <span data-start-time='261813' data-end-time='266646'>“It doesn’t keep me away from the things I love to do,” she said. </span> <span data-start-time='266646' data-end-time='269521'>“And beach volleyball is one of them.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5229/B.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17875 data-hint-location='26208' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5229/what_are_shorts.wav'>What are shorts?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a kind of clothing for the lower part of the 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