The Hungarian Györi has received strong feedback.
The Swedish women’s national team does not wear white shorts. However, Nathalie Hagman has to use them in her club team. EPA / AOP
Norway’s top handball player already in October Veronica Kristiansen wondered why the women’s teams are forced to wear white shorts in the sport she represents.
Now the Swedish national team player says the same Nathalie Hagman. He and Kristiansen play in Györ of the Hungarian league, who decided before this season to change the green shorts of their uniform to white. Kristiansen found it humiliating.
– Definitely a step back, Hagman said For Expressen.
– It’s really hard to understand how such a simple thing can’t be changed into the right thing. You should understand why women miss playing in white shorts, he continued.
The reason for the criticism is clear: menstruation.
Many ball teams have decided to stop wearing white shorts in women’s sports. Even the major tennis tournament, Wimbledon, waived the rule of white playing attire to the extent that women were given the option to wear dark underpants.
In the World Handball Championships, the change could not be carried through, even though the Norwegian and Swedish handball federations pushed for the issue emphatically. However, the International Handball Federation said that the national teams have the option to use darker shorts in all their games, if they already have them.
The Women’s World Cup starts this week.
The Hungarian club Györi, on the other hand, will deal with the matter next time before the start of the next season.
– It only causes unnecessary worry, so it would be great if white shorts were not used. The matter must be brought up in the future, said another Swede playing in Györ Anna Lagerquist.