“You take offense where none is intended.”
And you jump through hoops to defend a bad example.
Two points:
1. The Egyptian team got “thumped” according to the article which is a polite way to say they got beat bad. If the author wishes to claim the uniform doesn’t matter, then he should have picked a winning team... say like the Brazilian team.
2. While most athletes have a choice on attire, again to quote the article: “an athlete from a conservative Muslim country wearing the standard beach volleyball attire would be signing their own death warrant.” True modesty should be something willingly chosen by the female, not forced into it under threat of violence. It was a poor choice, especially when there was another team that wore body suits by their own free choice...
Either of those two facts is enough to make the case that it was a poor example to use.