Cool London night forces bikini girls to cover up
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July 30, 2012, Monday
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WHEN temperatures dropped for the first Olympic beach volleyball night session, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor said bye-bye to their bikinis.
The two-time defending gold medalists from the United States wore long-sleeved shirts on top of bikini bottoms on Saturday, when the temperature at the start of their 11pm match was 17 degrees Celsius. Their opponents, Australians Natalie Cook and Tamsin Hinchley, wore long pants and short-sleeved shirts underneath their bikini tops.
"It's cold," Walsh Jennings said, with a "what do you expect" look on her face. "It's 11pm in London."
The Americans won 21-18, 21-19, coming back from a four-point deficit in the second set to win on May-Treanor's spike that ended a lengthy set point. Walsh and May-Treanor have never lost a set in three Olympics.
Two-piece swimsuits have long been the standard attire in the sport. Players say the skimpy clothes allow less room for sand to get underneath and chafe. But international rules have long allowed women to wear warmer clothes when the temperature drops. The FIVB changed an unrelated rule recently to also allow shorts and T-shirts for women whose cultural beliefs require them to cover up.
But TV viewers - and the British tabloids - seem to take the notion of more modest clothing as an affront. (No worries: The dance teams that entertained the crowds during timeouts continued with shirtless men, and a mix of one- and two-piece suits for the women.)
The two-time defending gold medalists from the United States wore long-sleeved shirts on top of bikini bottoms on Saturday, when the temperature at the start of their 11pm match was 17 degrees Celsius. Their opponents, Australians Natalie Cook and Tamsin Hinchley, wore long pants and short-sleeved shirts underneath their bikini tops.
"It's cold," Walsh Jennings said, with a "what do you expect" look on her face. "It's 11pm in London."
The Americans won 21-18, 21-19, coming back from a four-point deficit in the second set to win on May-Treanor's spike that ended a lengthy set point. Walsh and May-Treanor have never lost a set in three Olympics.
Two-piece swimsuits have long been the standard attire in the sport. Players say the skimpy clothes allow less room for sand to get underneath and chafe. But international rules have long allowed women to wear warmer clothes when the temperature drops. The FIVB changed an unrelated rule recently to also allow shorts and T-shirts for women whose cultural beliefs require them to cover up.
But TV viewers - and the British tabloids - seem to take the notion of more modest clothing as an affront. (No worries: The dance teams that entertained the crowds during timeouts continued with shirtless men, and a mix of one- and two-piece suits for the women.)
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