The bikinis worn by the women beach volleyball players participating in the Olympics have inevitably landed them in the middle of controversies.

The controversies apart, body grooming too starts weighing on the minds of the players. "We're not body-conscious any more' obviously we wax and there are still some days when you think, 'Today the arms should not come up'. But it's what we wear,' the Daily Mail quoted Team GB beach volleyball Olympic hopeful Shauna Mullin as telling the Sun.