tokyo the german womens gymnastics team wore fullbody suits in qualifications at the tokyo olympics on sunday after saying their fashion choice went against the sexualisation of their sport and showed that women could wear what they choosethe team composed of sarah voss pauline schaeferbetz elisabeth seitz and kim bui opened their olympic performance on the asymmetric bars wearing red and white unitards which are combined leotards and leggings extending to the anklesthey wore similar outfits during training on thursday and said they could choose to wear them again in competitionthe germans wore the fullbody suits at the european championships in april in a move that was broadly praised by other female gymnastsfor women the standard competition outfit is a leotard with long halflength sleeved and sleeveless garments allowedoutfits covering legs are authorised in international competitions but to date they have been worn almost exclusively for religious reasons