CLEVELAND — The 2024 Paris Olympic Games are about the competition, but they’re also about the fashion.
People online have been taking particular notice of the women's beach volleyball uniforms.
THE CLAIM
They're suggesting that this is the first time women's beach volleyball players have been able to wear leggings during the Summer Olympics. Let's VERIFY if that's true or not.
SOURCES
- USA Volleyball
- FIVB
EXPLANATION
FIVB is the international federation that governs beach volleyball, and a copy of their rules from the 2021 Tokyo Summer Games lays out that athletes wearing leggings at the Olympics is a temperature thing. Once it drops to a certain point, they can wear them.
There's also a photo from the 2012 Summer Games in London showing Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh wearing leggings and long sleeves during a particularly chilly night match.
ANSWER
So we can VERIFY that no, this is not the first time women's beach volleyball players have been able to wear leggings during the Summer Olympics.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Even when it's not cold outside, USA Volleyball manager B.J. Evans told me, "Athletes do not HAVE to wear the traditional 'bikini' uniform. They can wear a fitted T-shirt and shorts. They can also wear a one-piece."
