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Female handball players will no longer have to wear bikini bottoms
The rule change is an apparent victory for Norway's female handball team after it was fined for wearing shorts rather than the requisite bikini bottoms over the summer.
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Corrected November 1, 2021 at 9:00 PM PDT
A subhead on a previous version of this story incorrectly said an open letter was sent by four countries to the IHF last month. The letter was signed by five countries in September.
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