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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Paralympic world champ <keyword id="11675482" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olivia-breen">Olivia Breen</keyword> said an official called her <keyword id="58497" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="briefs">briefs</keyword> "too short and inappropriate."</li><li>The official made the remark after she competed at the English Championships on Sunday, Breen said.</li><li>The long-jump athlete questioned if a male competitor would face the same criticism. </li></ul>Olivia Breen, a two-time <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-olympics-and-paralympics-are-separate-events-2016-8">Paralympic world champion</a>, said she was told by an official at the English Championships in Bedford, England, on Sunday that her competition briefs were "too short and inappropriate."Breen, <a href="https://twitter.com/BreenOlivia/status/1416798419088203781">who wrote about the exchange in a statement on Twitter on Sunday</a>, said she was left speechless and outraged, and questioned whether a male athlete would be subjected to the same remarks."I have been wearing the same sprint style briefs for many years and they are specifically designed for competing in," Breen, 24, wrote. "I will hopefully be wearing them in <keyword id="4741" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tokyo">Tokyo</keyword>. It made me question whether a male competitor would be similarly criticized."Breen, who has cerebral palsy, is scheduled to compete in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/32-photos-of-tokyo-preparing-for-olympic-games-2021">Tokyo Paralympics next month</a>. She previously won the world gold medals in the T35-38 4x100m in 2015 and the T38 long jump in 2017. According to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/19/paralympian-olivia-breen-dismayed-after-being-told-sprint-briefs-too-short?CMP=fb_gu&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=162667489026674890">The Guardian</a>, Breen was wearing official Adidas briefs, and the official commented on Breen's shorts after she competed in the long jump. Breen told The Guardian that she planned to file an official complaint with UK Athletics. Breen told <a href="https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29175/12358928/olivia-breen-british-paralympian-speechless-after-sprint-briefs-called-too-short-and-inappropriate">Sky Sports News</a> that she hopes the official will be "educated" instead of reprimanded."I think she should be educated. She doesn't have any right to go up to a female and say what we can and can't wear," Breen told Sky <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">Sports</keyword> News.<div type="image" title="Olivia Breen competes during the women's long jump final at the Muller British Athletics Championships on June 27, 2021, in Manchester, England." height="1035" width="1381" msid="84558527" hostid="261"></div>Breen said the incident sparked other athletes sharing similar stories and experiences."[I'm] angry. I've had so many comments since the statement saying, 'It happened to me,' and they don't feel confident speaking about it," Breen told Sky Sports News. "That shouldn't happen to people, we should feel confident with what we're wearing."An England Athletics spokesperson told The Guardian that they "are aware of the post and will be investigating as a matter of urgency. The wellbeing of all participants in athletics is of the utmost importance and everyone should feel comfortable to compete and participate in the sport."Olivia Breen and England Athletics, respectively, did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

Paralympian Olivia Breen said an official called her sprint briefs 'too short and inappropriate'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>German gymnasts wore full bodysuits during their qualification at the <keyword id="395647" type="SPORT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tokyo-Olympics">Tokyo Olympics</keyword>.</li><li>The move comes in protest against the sexualization of the sport and the wearing of leotards.</li><li>Female athletes are increasingly taking a stand against unfair and sexist uniform rules.</li></ul>German gymnasts continued their stand against the sexualization of their sport by wearing full bodysuits during the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/tokyo-2020">Tokyo Olympics</a>.Germany's women's gymnastics team had announced last week that they would wear the bodysuits at the games, and did so Sunday, doing so in a stand they say is to make younger athletes more comfortable not wearing the revealing leotards that are normal in gymnastic competitions.Competitors are traditionally dressed in leotards and previously full bodysuits had only been worn by those doing so for religious reasons. Photos show the gymnasts in the matching red, white black and tan colored outfits.<div type="image" title="Germany's Kim Bui competes in the artistic gymnastics balance beam event during the Tokyo Olympics" height="3712" width="4949" msid="84757356" hostid="261"></div><div type="image" title="Germany's Elisabeth Seitz competes in the artistic gymnastics vault event of the women's qualification during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games" height="3712" width="4949" msid="84757360" hostid="261"></div><div type="image" title="Germany's Pauline Schaefer-Betz competes in the artistic gymnastics balance beam event at the Tokyo Olympics" height="3708" width="4944" msid="84757364" hostid="261"></div>The protest first started in April when German gymnast Sarah Voss wore a similar suit at the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships.<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56858863">Speaking to the BBC after that event</a>, the 21-year-old said she wanted young gymnasts to feel safe."It does not say that everyone should do it, it just says that everyone can do whatever they want."If they feel safe they can wear a normal leotard if they like it. If there is a certain point they think they would feel better in a long leotard, then they should do it.On Sunday, Voss and her teammates Pauline Schaefer-Betz, Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui all wore the suits. The team "For me, it doesn't say I have to wear a long leotard in the future every time. It depends on how I am feeling and how I'd like to perform."Every time you don't feel safe it's distracting you from what you want to perform. I think that feeling safe and not thinking about what other people can or cannot see is quite relieving when you can compete like that."Some girls quit this beautiful sport so that is why this is a great option for everyone to stay in the sport they love and don't think about anything else about their body, just about their performance," said Voss.<h2>Clothing becoming a hot topic at <keyword id="6360967" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="olympics">Olympics</keyword> and Paralympics</h2>Earlier this month, British two-time paralympic world champion <a href="https://www.insider.com/paralympian-olivia-breen-official-called-sprint-briefs-too-short-2021-7">Olivia Breen said she was told her competition briefs were "too short and inappropriate."</a>Positing on Twitter, Breen said she was "disappointed" and questioned whether a male competitor would be "similarly criticised." On the same day, <a href="https://www.insider.com/norwegian-handball-team-fined-wearing-shorts-instead-bikini-uniform-2021-7)">Norwegian women's beach-handball team was fined for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms during a game.</a>

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