Beach Volleyball Stars Force Bikini Rule Change at Qatar Tourney

Breitbart ^ | February 24, 2021 | DYLAN GWINN

[MinorityRepublican]

A pair of German volleyball stars who threatened to boycott an upcoming tournament in Qatar have won their case.

Officials in charge of the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup, a tournament scheduled to take place in the Muslim nation of Qatar had planned to make competitors ditch their traditional bikini wear and don sand trousers instead.

However, German volleyball stars Karla Borger and Julia Sude threatened to boycott the event unless they could wear their bikinis in the expected 85-90 degree heat.

“We are there to do our job, but are being prevented from wearing our work clothes,” Borger reportedly told German radio station Deutschlandfunk according to TMZ Sports.

The pair also questioned whether a nation such as Qatar, which stands accused of human rights abuses, should be hosting the tournament at all.

“We are asking whether it’s necessary to hold a tournament there at all,” Borger stated.

Those comments and threatened boycott appear to have been enough to force officials to relent and allow bikini wear.

On Monday, the Qatar Volleyball Association said it was “not making any demand on what athletes should wear at the event.”

[BobL]

Cutter will regret it...

[bunkerhill7]

Qatar loose!

[Smellin Salt]

Good for them. Why would a muslim country want to host something like this anyway?

[teeman8r]

i am only here for the pictures

[Gay State Conservative]

I've never been to Qatar but I've visited the UAE several times and visions of women dressed literally from head to toe in a black burlap sack are still vivid in my memory.

[monkeyshine]

Don’t objectify them because of their work clothes.

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[Vendome]

threadbare of pics...

[Secret Agent Man]

I seriously am surprised they arent just spray painting outfits on now.

[MinorityRepublican]

I could see this event in Dubai but not in Qatar. Not sure why Qatar wanted to host this in the first place.

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[NWFree]

Everyone knows that the less clothes they wear the better they play

[EvilCapitalist]

Not Guilty!

[Burma Jones]

I hope some 7th century sociopath doesn’t Qatar head off...

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[MinorityRepublican]

I hope some 7th century sociopath doesn’t Qatar head off...

I'm sure that they will have a lot of security. Probably will be restricted to their hotel for the duration of their stay when they're not playing beach volleyball.

[hoosierham]

Will muslims be allowed to watch this ?

[BenLurkin]

Only the Muslim men — who will then go home and beat their wives and daughters for “honor”