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3 German Gymnasts Swapped Their Leotards For Long Unitards Read the Powerful Reason Why
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All gymnasts wear leotards. Right? That s just a fact, like how Simone Biles is the GOAT and
Stick It is the most iconic gymnastics movie of our time. (Go ahead, argue me on this, I ll win.) Gymnasts wear leotards for safety reasons, because loose clothing might snag on the equipment, and to ensure judges can see every movement they execute during a routine. Sparkly and colorful, leotards make fashion statements that can even go beyond the gym, like UCLA s stunning Black Lives Matter leotards.
So when three German gymnasts showed up at the 2021 European Gymnastics Championships wearing full-body unitards covering their legs, all the way to the ankles, and their arms down to the forearms it caught fans attention. The black-and-red unitards worn by Sarah Voss, Elisabeth Seitz, and Kim Bui had all the sparkles-and-spandex glory we ve come to expect from gymnastics leotards, just
2 May 2021
Some British gymnasts are pushing back against what they call “outdated and sexist” leotard rules that dictate what they are allowed to wear during competition.
British olympian Jennifer Pinches, a member of Team Great Britain in 2021, told the
Sunday Times that the leotards athletes are asked to wear are “perpetuating extremely harmful ideals.”
The controversy comes after gymnasts from other European nations have begun adopting full-length bodysuits during competition. Specifically, as the
Daily Mailreports, “…German gymnast Sarah Voss set a trend by wearing a full length bodysuits to compete at the 2021 European Gymnastics Championships in April in favour of the traditionally worn leotard.”
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She was closely followed by Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui, who wore similar suits during the women s all-round final.
In a message shared on her Instagram account, Ms Voss wrote that the decision to wear the full length version of the leotards, called a unitard, was close to the hearts of her team and that she was immensely proud to wear it. Feeling good and still looking elegant. Why not? she wrote.
Gymnasts do have the choice to wear unitards at the European Championships, but there are traditionally worn for religious reasons, and seeing the style worn at a high profile competition is rare.
At the 2021 European Gymnastics Championships in Basel, Switzerland, last week, three members of the German women’s team debuted more than sky-high tricks: First Sarah Voss in the qualifying competition, and then Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui in the all-around final (where they placed fifth and seventh respectively) performed their routines not in leotards, but in stunning
unitards. Like its legless cousin, a gymnastics unitard is a spandex get-up, bedazzled with a metric ton of Swarovski crystals but, unlike the traditional leotard, a unitard extends to the athlete’s ankles. This, the Germans explained, was in direct rebuke to what they called