It is 50 euros for each player and match that risk the Norwegian Handball Federation for breaching the rules of the European Federation of the same sport, however, the Norwegian managers had previously contacted them to request that the players perform the sport with shorts insteadof the bikini, but the answer was that the violations of the regulation were fined.

Despite what was warned by the European Federation, the players appeared in the duel against Spain with the denied clothing, which caused a stir on social networks.

"I thought these things no longer happened," said Norwegian Volleyball player Merita Berntsen Mol.In this same way, the president of the Norway Federation Kere Geir Lio, who commented that "the most important thing is to have uniforms with which athletes are comfortable (...).It should be a free choice within the framework of the standardized rules ".

The uniform with which they must be presented in this sport is very different from what men use, for example, women should carry lower bikini with adjusted size and ascending angle cut towards the top of the leg.The side cannot exceed 10 centimeters.At the top, they use tops with the stomach discovered and are also adjusted.In the case of men they use shorts up to a few centimeters above the knee and with long t -shirts.

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For the captain of the National Team, Katinka Haltvik, said in the Norway Public Radiotelevision chain (NRK) that the fine could increase and even the disqualification of the championship despite pointing out that the costumes was uncomfortable for the players."But then they told us that the quantity could increase in each party and threatened us with other unparalleled penalties.Just before the first game they warned us that we would be disqualified, so we were forced to play with bikini ".

In response of what happened, the European Handball Federation mentioned through an email that “the EHF (the European Federation) is committed to advancing this matter in the interest of its member federations, but it must be clear that a change in thestandards can only occur at the level of the IHF (the International Federation) ".

It is not the first time that these events happen in sport, where women have felt discriminated, sexualized and hindered in doing their job due to clothing.In April of this year, the German gymnast Sarah Voss did not wear the traditional adjusted suit, but used a full -body clothing.For the German gymnastics association, it is a protest in the face of the sexualization of women in this sports discipline.

In a publication on his Instagram account, Voss said she was proud to have acted with that outfit: “As part of the German national team, we are also a model to follow for many younger athletes.We would like to show you how they can present aesthetically with a different style of clothes and without feeling uncomfortable, ”wrote the gymnast.