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President of the Romanian Rowing Federation Elisabeta Lipa declared today, as she welcomed the Romanian team back from the European Rowing Championships in Varese (Italy), that their results give her hopes for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where the Romanian rowers will produce pleasant surprises . They have been in training camp for 4 and a half months in Italy and I can tell you that these athletes are heroes for having endured so many months in the training camp; I congratulate them for how they behaved and on their performance in the European Championships. It was an extremely difficult competition with many very well trained athletes. The great happiness for us was that the vast majority of the crews can rightly dream of medals at the Olympic Games. To me, the Romanians silver medals are just as good as gold and I congratulate them for how they competed. I believe in an exceptional result at the Olympic Games. At these European championships Romani
German beach volleyballers in Qatar dress code row
Two of Germany s top beach volleyball players are boycotting a tournament in Doha over its bikini ban for women. Organisers deny their accusations. sid, emr, 23.2.2021 - 12:58 Uhr
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Photo: Imago/GEPA PicturesJulia Sude and Karla Borger in action at last year s FIVB World Tour in Baden, Austria.
Berlin - A German women s beach volleyball duo have sparked international headlines after they announced they would not travel to Qatar for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event - because of tournament rules banning female competitors from wearing sports bikinis in play.
Beach volleyball players cleared to wear bikinis in Qatar event The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) clarified the situation, telling AFP the Qatari association had assured them there would be no restrictions on female players wearing standard uniforms . This file photo taken on 9 August 2016 shows Germany s Karla Borger diving for the ball during the women s beach volleyball qualifying match between Germany and the Netherlands at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de Janeiro, for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Picture: AFP
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BERLIN - Beach volleyball players will be able to wear bikinis for an upcoming tournament in Qatar, the sport s governing body said Tuesday, after two Germans and their coach vowed to boycott the event amid a row over strict dress regulations.
Mariafe Artacho del Solar of Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
Sport 25th Feb 2021 5:23 AM Bikinis have won the day after officials were forced into an embarrassing retreat over plans to introduce sand trousers for the controversial Katara Beach Volleyball Cup event in Qatar. Players will be able to wear bikinis for next month s double-gender, 4-star World Tour event in Doha after two Germans and their coach vowed to boycott the event amid a row over strict dress regulations. It will be just the second time that a women s beach volleyball event will be staged on the Arabian Peninsula - and the first since October 2008 in Dubai.
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