Editing Bikini (section)

=== Sports ===
Women in [[Sport of athletics|athletics]] often wear bikinis of similar size as those worn in [[beach volleyball]]. [[Amy Acuff]], a US high-jumper, wore a black leather bikini instead of a track suit at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref>Staff Correspondent, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20190116200827/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9290227B1DAA&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D Hype Hopes Today's Olympians need more than athletic prowess to win gold]", ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', August 6, 2000</ref> Runner [[Florence Griffith-Joyner]] mixed bikini bottoms with one-legged [[tights]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], earning her more attention than her record-breaking performance in the women's 200 meters event.<ref>Anne Marie Balsamo, ''Technologies of the gendered body'', page 46, Duke University Press, 1996, {{ISBN|0-8223-1698-6}}</ref> In the 2007 [[South Pacific Games]], the rules were adjusted to allow players to wear less revealing shorts and cropped sports tops instead of bikinis.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22339200-23109,00.html |title=No bikinis for beach volleyball players |work=News.com.au |date=August 31, 2007 |access-date=March 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228044658/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C22339200-23109%2C00.html |archive-date=December 28, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> At the [[2006 Asian Games]], organizers banned bikini-bottoms for female athletes and asked them to wear long shorts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/661034.cms |title=Unveiling the spirit of the sporting women |work=The Economic Times |date=December 1, 2006}}</ref>

String bikinis and other revealing clothes are common in [[surfing]], though most surfing bikinis are more robust with more coverage than sunning bikinis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesurfchannel.com/slide/top-10-summer-bikinis/ |title=Top 10 Best Summer Bikinis |publisher=thesurfchannel.com |access-date=March 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317192943/http://www.thesurfchannel.com/slide/top-10-summer-bikinis/ |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |df=mdy}}</ref><ref>Andrea McCloud, The Girl's Guide to Surfing, page 52, Chronicle Books, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-4521-0898-8}}</ref> ''[[Surfing Magazine]]'' printed a pictorial of [[Kymberly Herrin]], [[Playboy Playmate|''Playboy'' Playmate]] March 1981, surfing in a revealing bikini, and eventually started an annual bikini issue.<ref>Matt Warshaw, ''The History of Surfing'', page 417, Chronicle Books, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-4521-0094-4}}</ref> The [[Association of Surfing Professionals]] often pairs female surf meets with [[bikini contests]], an issue that divides the female pro-surfing community into two parts.<ref>Douglas Booth, ''Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf'', page 139, Routledge, 2012, {{ISBN|978-1-136-33847-2}}</ref> It has often been more profitable to win the bikini contest than the female surfing event.<ref>Mark Stranger, ''Surfing Life: Surface, Substructure and the Commodification of the Sublime'', page 40, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011, {{ISBN|978-0-7546-7443-6}}</ref>

In 2021, the [[Norway women's national beach handball team]] was fined €1500 for being improperly dressed after the women wore [[Cycling shorts|bike shorts]] instead of bikini bottoms at a European championship match in Bulgaria.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/norway-s-beach-handball-team-fined-for-wearing-shorts-instead-of-bikini-bottoms |title=Norway's beach handball team fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms |work=[[SBS News]] |date=2021-07-21}}</ref> Critics derided the fine and the underlying rule. Norway's minister for culture and sport [[Abid Raja]] described the fine as being "completely ridiculous". Former tennis champion [[Billie Jean King]] supported the team tweeting "The sexualisation of women athletes must stop".<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57967486 | title=Pink offers to pay bikini bottoms fine for Norway women's handball team | work=BBC News | date=26 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/norway-womens-beach-handball-bikini-shorts-b1887065.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/norway-womens-beach-handball-bikini-shorts-b1887065.html |archive-date=2022-06-21 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Norwegian women's beach handball team fined for not wearing bikini bottoms|website = [[Independent.co.uk]]|date = 22 July 2021}}</ref> Although the [[Norwegian Handball Federation]] announced they would pay the fines, pop singer [[Pink (singer)|Pink]] offered to pay for them.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57940896 |title=Beach handball: 'It's shocking to have to pay to not play in our pants' |author1=Daniel Rosney |author2=Manish Pandey |date=2021-07-27 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Later, in November 2021, the [[International Handball Federation]] changed their dress rules to allow female players to wear some kinds of shorts, specifying "Female athletes must wear short tight pants with a close fit".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/1102/1257272-beach-handball/|title=Beach handball relents on rule women must wear bikinis|website=[[RTÉ.ie]]|date=2 November 2021}}</ref>