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Sarah Shamim

Paris Olympics 2024 controversy puts focus on ‘sexist’ women’s sports kits

Nouhaila Benzina of Morocco in action during the FIFA Women's World Cup group match between South Korea and Morocco on July 30, 2023, in Adelaide, Australia [Sarah Reed/Getty Images]

The official Nike kits for American women competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics have been slammed as “a costume born of patriarchal forces” by one track athlete and “treating women as second-class citizens” by a commentator on Nike’s Instagram page because of the skimpy nature of the swimming costumes and leotards.

Meanwhile, France has been criticised for its decision to bar its sportswomen from wearing the hijab.

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