{"id":600054,"date":"2021-07-22T12:21:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600054"},"modified":"2021-07-22T12:21:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:21:32","slug":"norway-female-handball-team-protests-bikini-bottoms-their-social-media-photos-are-something-different","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norway-female-handball-team-protests-bikini-bottoms-their-social-media-photos-are-something-different\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Female Handball Team Protests Bikini Bottoms. Their Social Media Photos Are Something Different."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorway-female-handball-team-protests-bikini-bottoms-their-social-media-photos-are-something-different%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=600054&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-824128924.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>This week, members of the Norwegian female handball team were fined by the Disciplinary Committee of the European Handball Federation (EHF) for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms in their bronze-medal match loss to Spain at the European Beach Handball Championship in Bulgaria on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAhead of the tournament, Norway asked the EHF for permission to play in shorts but were told that breaches of the rules were punishable by fines.&nbsp;They complied, until their last match,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/norway-beach-handball-team-fined-bikini-bottoms\/\">CBS News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Martine Welfler, one of the Norwegian players stated, \u201cI don\u2019t see why we can\u2019t play in shorts,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/20\/sports\/norway-beach-handball-team.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reported. \u201cWith so much body shaming and stuff like that these days, you should be able to wear a little bit more when you play.\u201d Players Tonya Lurstaad and Julia Bird, appearing on \u201cLorraine,\u201d said, \u201cWe wanted to make a statement and change the regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abid Raja, Norway\u2019s Minister for&nbsp;Culture and Sports, called the fine \u201ccompletely ridiculous,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-9811007\/Norways-beach-handball-team-stunning-figures-skimpy-swimsuits-Instagram.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a> noted, adding, \u201cWhat a change of attitude is needed in the macho and conservative international world of sport.\u201d Kare Geir Lio, the head of the Norwegian Handball Federation, said Norway had complained about the bikini bottom requirement since 2006, adding, \u201cNothing has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Norwegian politician Lena Westgaard-Halle tweeted, \u201cCan you please stop the forced bikini nonsense at your beach handball games? It is embarrassing, disgraceful and sexist. You are ruining both the sport and your own reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.028391167192\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ihf_info?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ihf_info<\/a>. \ud83e\udd3e\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<br \/>Can you please stop the forced bikini nonsense at your beach handball games? <br \/>It is embarrassing, disgraceful and sexist. <br \/>You are ruining both the sport and your own reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>Lene Westgaard-Halle<br \/>Member of Parliament<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lene Westgaard-Halle (@LeneWestgaard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeneWestgaard\/status\/1415427355410108421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet many of the players have posted numerous photos of themselves on social media in revealing bikinis, as The Daily Mail reported with some of the photos:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p><em>Susanne Denise Pettersen, 25, shared a snap from an idyllic pool in Skein, Norway \u2026&nbsp;Martine Welfler 29, \u2026 in Thailand\u2019s&nbsp; Phi Phi Islands shows her in a black bikini on a pier in front of a luscious mountainous backdrop.&nbsp;Elisabeth Hammerstad, 28, \u2026 has shared pictures splashing in the sea in a tiny two-piece \u2026 In another the star player clutched a glass in a hot tub while surrounded by friends, saying it was one of \u201cthousands\u201d she took.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thea Granlund, 26, from Oslo, has shared snaps \u2026 One shows her in a matching black two-piece while in another she\u2019s shown on in a red bandeau and string bottom \u2026 Thina Helene Kol\u00e5s \u00d8yesvold has also shared sunbathing snaps \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cInternational Handball Federation (IHF)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihf.info\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-05\/0_09%20-%20Rules%20of%20the%20Game%20%28Beach%20Handball%29_GB.pdf\">rules state<\/a>&nbsp;\u2018female athletes must wear bikini bottoms\u2019 and that these must have \u2018a close fit,\u2019 be \u2018cut on an upward angle toward the top of the leg\u2019 and a side depth of no more than 10 centimeters,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/norway-beach-handball-team-fined-bikini-bottoms\/\">CBS News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Jessica Rockstroh, a spokeswoman for the International Handball Federation (IHF), said the organization was focused on the Olympics, acknowledging that Norway was the only country that officially complained about the bikinis. She asserted, \u201cGlobally we know that other countries like to play in bikinis, for example, especially in South America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, members of the Norwegian female handball team were fined by the Disciplinary Committee of the European Handball Federation (EHF) for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms in their &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}