For Cecilie Køllner Olsen and her playing partner Sofia Bisgaard, it will be a long flight home after they were eliminated in the Katara Cup on Monday morning by a Swiss pairing.
But off-court they are champions after standing up to the government of the host nation, Qatar, which was forced to reverse its ban on competitors playing in bikinis.
Confused? Well the answer to this, and a spathe of trivia questions over the years, is that Olsen and Bisgaard are the Danish champions at beach volleyball.
Resisting the world federation too
The pair stood up to a request made by the International Volleyball Federation that all participants should cover up out of respect to Qatari sensibilities, backing the withdrawal of a German pairing with a pledge to also boycott.
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