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 Olympics-Skirts optional for women boxers at London Games 

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A spokesman for the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA) said the executive committee would vote “in the next few days” on the proposed solution to what has become a controversial issue.     

AIBA president Ching-Kuo Wu of Taiwan told a world conference on women and sport in Los Angeles that female fighters would not be forced to wear skirts.     

“Some women want to wear shorts and some want to wear skirts,” he said. “So the decision we have made is that we shall make it optional because many boxers are undecided.”     

Women’s boxing is making its Olympic debut at the London Games in July and August with three gold medals on offer.     

Several women boxers have criticised attempts to encourage them to wear skirts for what seemed to be purely aesthetic reasons. The women were offered skirts for the first time at the 2010 world championships in Barbados.     

Romanian and Polish women boxers wore skirts at the European championships in Romania in 2010, with the Poles making them compulsory.     

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Tue May 21 22:11:15 SAST 2013 ::

Feb 21, 2012

maneater

women boxers wearing skirts. i will book a ringside seat i tell you. maybe banyana banyana might di the same.
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Feb 21, 2012

XHINOPHOBIA

YA NE I WILL LV TO C DAT HAPPEN,AMATHANGA NDODA NEKHEKHE TJO
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Feb 21, 2012

LastNumber

Forcing them to wear skirts will make it a much better spectator sport and bring in more revenue.
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Feb 21, 2012

DJWinner

Skirts are good. Even soccer players should be wearing skirts. We want to see everything.
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Feb 21, 2012

LaVidaLoca

@DJWinner - LOL...Tjoo wena, you pervet....

But it'll look cool hey, Boxers weariing skirts or imagine women soccer players as well......

I would go watch that game any given time, Pity some women soccer players look like men
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Feb 21, 2012

johan3

you are funny gentlemen!
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Feb 21, 2012

Bumboklaat

Skirts are good, I will watch each and every fight if they do that!
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Feb 21, 2012

talldude

bull crap
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Feb 21, 2012

Skhumbasenjendala

That's a good idea right there. We (men) want to feast our eyes and enjoy watching ku.ku.
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Feb 21, 2012

mabeno

Jerr let it come, m waiting
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