“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.
And you can't blame the dress.
You CAN blame the lack of experience in them playing a sport that's relatively new to them.
I would fully expect them to not do well in a field in which they are new.