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4:38 PM When the European Championship began, the members of the Norwegian women’s beach handball team played in their standard uniforms: sports bras and bikini briefs that could not exceed 10 centimeters at the sides. They played eight games in “panties,” as longtime team member Elisabeth Hammerstad refers to them, before they decided to rebel. At their bronze-medal match on Sunday, once they’d qualified for the upcoming world championship, the Norwegian players ran onto the court in shorts. It was an opportunity to make a statement, Hammerstad said. “We are athletes who just want to be playing our sport.” For violating the rules of the International Handball Federation, the team was fined 1,500 euros, or about $1,770. ....