Three German athletes wore the suits at last week s European Championships.
Sarah Voss said she wants to be a role model for those who don t feel safe in every situation.
German gymnasts wore full bodysuits at last week s European Championships in Switzerland as a way of making a stance against the sexualization of the sport s female athletes.
Sarah Voss, one of three who competed in the outfit during the women s all-around final on Friday, said she wants to be a role model for young gymnasts who don t feel very safe in every situation.
Teammates Kim Bui and Elisabeth Seitz also wore the full suits at the competition, which was held in Basel.
Americas Olympic boxing qualifier cancelled because of COVID-19 crisis Friday, 16 April 2021
The Americas boxing qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has been cancelled due to concerns coronavirus-related travel restrictions would stop some athletes reaching Buenos Aires to take part.
Argentina s capital was due to host the qualification tournament from May 10 to 16.
Tighter restrictions put in place in areas across the Americas in response to rising coronavirus cases and new variants have made hosting the competition too much of a logistical challenge, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Boxing Task Force (BTF).
Qualification for the Games will now be decided via BTF rankings, with the last-chance world qualifier already cancelled.
Thursday, 15 April 2021
Italy’s 17-year-old Sofia Raffaeli will seek to build on last month’s success in her Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup debut in Sofia when she competes in the second World Cup of the season set to start tomorrow in Uzbekistan s capital Tashkent.
Raffaeli was one of the revelations of the opening event in this year’s International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) series, where she took silver with the clubs and bronze with the ribbon for detailed routines of unusual artistic and musical sensibility. I was not expecting medals, she told FIG. The only thing I wanted was to perform my exercises at my best.