Often what female athletes are wearing makes more headlines than their skills - and several teams have had enough
You can stretch the truth - a bit like Lycra. But when it comes to the treatment of female athletes, it turns out the stretchy synthetic fibres have done a better job than lip service to gender parity.
The Tokyo Olympics, which draw to a close on Sunday, have been hailed as a turning point for putting on the agenda the sexualisation of female athletes. But that it still comes down to the controversy caused by a few centimetres of cloth, speaks volumes of how far we haven't come...A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content.Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Sign in with the same details.
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