This is cool. Minnesota researchers and students worked with local female Muslim athletes to design sportswear that allows them to safely compete while also meeting their cultural/religious clothing standards.
I saw this story on Twitter yesterday afternoon and had to write something about it. If you're like me, you could probably name several common barriers to involvement in sports for youth/adolescents. Time, access to facilities/equipment/coaching, money, the sport you love not offered by your school district, etc. But growing up in out-state MN also means my sports experiences took place in a fairly homogeneous sports culture. This also means there is a barrier I never really considered until yesterday.