An official had ruled that her swimsuit exposed too much. But everyone on the team was wearing the EXACT SAME SUIT.
Earlier this week swimmer Breckynn Willis, at Anchorage, Alaska’s Dimond High School won her competition in the 100-yard freestyle meet with a rival from across town, only to be disqualified for a reason unrelated to her talents and skills. Why was she disqualified? Because an official had ruled that her swimsuit exposed too much. This call was under investigation for a few days and left the whole city — and fans from all over — furious and confused.
ADVERTISEMENT There's a lot that doesn't make sense about Willis' disqualification. For one, Willis didn't choose her own suit; it was given to her by Dimond High School. And further, if the swimsuits are all cut the same way, then why is Willis the only swimmer to be disqualified? And if there's really an issue with the suits, why isn’t the call to change the uniforms?
Needless to say, the swimsuit issue says less about Willis and more about the official making the call — and a culture of discomfort around certain body types. Sports should be inclusive for all women, and women with all kinds of bodies: just look at Caster Semenya, who is fighting back against a discriminatory testosterone limit, and just today received her gold medal from 2011.
This isn’t the first of the swimsuit debate: last year, a parent took a photo of some of the swimmers' backsides and shared with other parents to argue that the team were wearing inappropriate swimwear. This feeds into a problem in the swimming world. There have been other athletes who have been cautious about their backsides, and these swimmers have gone on restrictive diets to adhere to the “modesty rule.
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