The German women's gymnastics team is making a statement with their unitards at the world championships. "We saw this as an opportunity to feel more comfortable in our body. Also, female empowerment," Sarah Voss, one of the first German gymnasts to wear a unitard, said. She spoke about how all the little girls in gymnastics classes today will one day go through puberty, and that can be a difficult transition to make even without being forced to wear leotards. "It's in this very vulnerable time they often decide to quit gymnastics because they don't feel very good in their body anymore. Or maybe they feel punished to wear a certain leotard they don't feel very well in," she said. "It’s not only in normal gymnastics classes. It’s also elite gymnastics that we want to feel comfortable in our body and in our performance." Voss said other gymnasts have asked the Germans about their unitards, and she hopes companies will begin mass-producing them as they do leotards. The Germans aren’t trying to rid the sport of leotards, but Voss said she hopes gymnasts — of all levels — will see their unitards and know they have options. That a piece of fabric doesn’t have to drive someone out of the sport. Click the link in our bio to read more.