(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The uniforms, made in Reading ... (As a team, USA’s female gymnastics team won silver for the all-around in Toyko, and brought home gold during the two previous Summer Games.) ...

"It was in the ’80s where gymnastics uniforms, leotards, really began to become performance pieces of art," Strotbeck said. During the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics female gymnasts noticeably ...

Even more than in past games, gymnastics team uniforms have been a topic of discussion in Tokyo. For decades, female gymnasts have worn bikini-cut leotards. In qualifying on Sunday, however ...

The Team USA uniforms for the Paris Olympics are made ... athletes are available for sale for $80 to $90. For decades, female gymnasts have typically worn bikini-cut leotards.

Naturally, the athletes' uniforms play a role in this ... Why do male gymnasts wear pants? Can the female gymnasts wear pants too? It apparently all comes down to choice. There don't appear ...

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 ...

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 ...