(NEXSTAR) – Team Deutschland is taking a stand. Germany’s female gymnasts have debuted new competition uniforms ahead of their first event at the Olympics, designed to fight back against what ...

Germany’s female gymnasts team stood out from the rest in Tokyo over the weekend, competing in ankle-length unitards as their opponents donned more traditional bikini-cut uniforms. Sunday’s ...

Female athletes are breaking with their sports ... In Tokyo this week, members of the German women's gymnastics team sported full-length bodysuits, as opposed to more ubiquitous -- and revealing ...

A trio of German gymnasts hoped to send a message against the sexualization of female athletes when they ... "We set an example by wearing a new kind of uniform," Seitz wrote on Instagram in ...

Prior to this, female gymnasts could have points deducted from ... It’s hardly surprising to hear this, since women’s sport uniforms have traditionally been tailored for men, making some ...

Other gymnasts were prompted to speak out across the world. This is not just about dress codes, it’s about choice – when female athletes are given uniform choices, they are empowered and given ...

However, she did also point out that not all female athletes are critical of the uniforms, telling Radio New Zealand: 'We surveyed our competitors across all of the gymnastic disciplines and what ...