Does not equate to endorsing playing in muslim garb(age).
He is simply making the point that the next to nothing skimpiness of the women's beach volleyball attire is not required to compete well.
And it's a valid point. He's right about it.
“The Egyptian women’s beach volleyball player shown in the above photo illustrates that it is possible to compete quite well without wearing a bikini.”
No, they DIDN’T compete quite well.
They were 0-3 in pool play and didn’t come close to winning a game. Their matches didn’t last 40 minutes. In the modern era of rally scoring it’s pretty hard to not at least threaten a win in ONE game.
The finished tied for last. And none of the teams that beat them made the quarterfinals so you can’t even blame the draw.
The Egyptians didn’t win a game, so they didn’t “compete well”.
He’s wrong about it. The purpose of the games is to win as well as participate. I don’t see these muslim women winning anything except attention and the minds and admiration of behind the times people.
Thank you.