From "infinite" joy to the blackest anger.
The synchronized swimming champion Linda Cerruti shared, 2 days ago, a photo with the 8 medals won at the
European Championships in Rome
and exulted: "After a week, I regard my medals with infinite joy".
The shot, where she flaunts medals, in costume, upside down and in a split, sparked sexist reactions on social networks that infuriated the athlete.
Cerruti denounced in a new post "hundreds, probably thousands, of inappropriate, sexist and vulgar comments".
"After more than 20 years of training and sacrifice, I find it
shameful to say the least and it really hurts my
heart to read this horde of people making jokes that sexualize my body. A butt and two legs are really what's left, the The main topic to talk about? The least, and the only thing I can do, is to denounce the inappropriateness of those comments, mirroring a society that is still too macho and very different from the one in which one day I would like to give birth and grow my children ", wrote Cerruti.
The swimmer stressed that the pose in which she is portrayed in the photo is "artistic, typical" of her sport and thanked the people who distanced themselves from the sexist comments, "defended" her and appreciated the photo "for that. that is:
the image of an artistic swimming athlete proud of her achievements "
.
"This is the Italy that I proudly represent - concluded Cerruti - carrying the tricolor flag around the world".
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