Journalism of Courage
Female athletes have fought long and hard for the right to choose what they wear when they compete at the Olympics, and at the Tokyo Games more and more athletes and fans are speaking out and taking action.
Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark in action during the match against Linda Zetchiri of Bulgaria. (Text and Photo: Reuters)
Of the more than 30 women who played badminton on Wednesday, including India's PV Sindhu and Taiwan's Tai Tzu Ying, about two-thirds wore shorts, while others were clad in skorts, dresses and skirts, and one wore a hijab."I'm lucky that we can wear whatever we want," said Sindhu, the Rio Olympics women's singles silver medalist who wore one of her blue dresses when she defeated Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi 21-9, 21-16.
PV Sindhu of India in action during the match against Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong.(Text and Photo: Reuters)
Iran's Soraya Aghaei Hajiagha, along with her coach, wore a dress, leggings and a hijab in her match with China's He Bing Jiao. (Text and Photo: Reuters)
Soraya Aghaeihajiagha of Iran in action during the match against He Bingjiao of China. (Text and Photo: Reuters)
PV Sindhu of India in action during the match against Ksenia Polikarpova of Israel. (Text and Photo: Reuters)
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia in action during the match against Lianne Tan of Belgium. (Text and Photo: Reuters)
