Umdlali webhola lezinyawo wase-U.S. UChristen Press uthola iqiniso ngokuba "Nomzimba Ophelele" Odabeni Lomzimba lwe-ESPN

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Abaningi bethu banesikhathi esinzima ngokwanele ukwehlisela isudi yokubhukuda ehlobo noma ukuhamba ngamaphesenti ayi-100 bengenalutho nomuntu omusha egumbini lokulala - kepha abasubathi be-ESPN i-Magazine Body Issue bayaqhubeka nokuhamba ze umhlaba wonke ubone . Laba badlali abasezingeni lomhlaba basesimweni esimangalisayo, futhi bangenza izinto ezikhuthazayo impela ngemizimba yabo, kepha lokho akusho ukuthi abavikelekile ezindabeni zesithombe somzimba.

UChristen Press, iqembu lesizwe labesifazane lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo laseMelika, ungomunye wabasubathi odabeni lwalo nyaka, futhi uthembeke ngokuphelele ngokungazethembi kwakhe: uthe uhlala efuna "umzimba ophelele" kodwa wabona ukuthi lokho bekungumphumela wokuziqhathanisa kubalingani bakhe, ngokusho kwe-ESPN. (Sicabanga ukuthi ulungile njengoba enjalo-vele uhlole ividiyo yethu ye-Q&A naye.)

"Ngichithe isikhathi esiningi ngingaqiniseki ngomzimba wami, kodwa ngenze okuningi kimi. Kuyithuluzi lami, isitsha sami somsebenzi wami, "kusho u-Press etshela i-ESPN. "Ngiyibonga kakhulu indlela engizizwa ngayo lapho ngidlala. Ngizizwa nginamandla amakhulu, ngizizwa ngishesha, ngizizwa ngingenakuvinjwa, futhi lokho kungenxa yomzimba wami." (Singa konke mayelana nalesi simo sengqondo. Yingakho kudale umkhankaso othi #LoveMyShape.)

I-Press ijoyina abanye abasubathi besifazane abayisishiyagalombili ekutholeni amakhasi odaba lomzimba walo nyaka: u-Emma Coburn (onethemba lokukhuphuka izintaba zaseRio), i-Courtney Conlogue (i-pro surfer), u-Elena Delle Donne (umdlali we-WNBA), u-Adeline Gray (ozinze eRio wrestler), Nzingha Prescod (umbiya e-Rio), April Ross (Rio-bound for beach volleyball), Allysa Seely (Rio-bound paratriathlete), Claressa Shields (i-Rio-bound boxer). (Qala ukulandela lawa namanye amathemba okudinga ukubukwa eRio ku-Instagram.)

Imithombo yezindaba ayisiyena umdlali wokuqala weqembu lebhola likanobhutshuzwayo lase-U.S. Ukujikijela izingubo zakhe ngalolu daba futhi athole okwangempela ngokungavikeleki komzimba; U-Ali Krieger uvele ekusakazweni kwangonyaka odlule futhi wavuma ukuthi unobudlelwane benzondo yothando namathole akhe amakhulu (futhi aqinile!) U-Abby Wambach osethathe umhlalaphansi manje wayesenkingeni ye-Olympic ka-2012, futhi wathi unethemba "lokukhombisa abantu ukuthi noma ngabe ungubani, noma ngabe unhloboni yomzimba, lokho kuhle." Shumayela, ntombazane! Kodwa umdlali webhola likanobhutshuzwayo wokuqala owakhipha konke kwakungu-Hope Solo kumagazini ka-2011 lapho ezwa iqiniso ngokuzizwa engowesifazane: "Abafana babethi, 'Bheka leyo misipha! Ungangikhahlela imbongolo!' Bengingazizwa ngingowesifazane. Kodwa lokho kushintshe eminyakeni emine eyedlule. Ngabona ukuxhumana phakathi komzimba wami nengikufezile. " (Uma ucabanga, "yassss," uzothanda lezi ezinye izingcaphuno ezikhuthazayo mayelana nokuba nomzimba omuhle.)

Ufuna okwengeziwe? Hlala ubheke ukukhishwa okuphelele (nemidwebo emihle yabo bonke abasubathi bethu abangohlonze) ngoJulayi 6.

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