Yes sport is about effort, sweat and inclusivity \u2013 but it also turns elite athletes into magnificent specimens of humanity where the aesthetic is part of the appeal<\/p>\n
Have you seen the 40-second video that will change the way you think about women\u2019s sport, women\u2019s bodies, just, you know, women? It\u2019s been unavoidable on social media this week \u2013 brazen, unapologetic, dominating the algorithm like an AI kitten hacking a banana-bread recipe while lip-syncing to Cardi B. I for one have enjoyed it at least 50 times already.<\/p>\n
It starts with some carefully curated passive-aggression \u2013 \u201cDear Sydney\u201d, \u201cHey Sydney\u201d, \u201cRespectfully Sydney\u201d \u2013 and follows up with clips of what, in its own words, \u201ca woman in sport actually looks like\u201d. It shows its subject pounding the treadmill or powering down the back straight, flooring a rival with a tackle or a roundhouse kick, lifting weights or throwing herself through the air. It is, inevitably, soundtracked by Dua Lipa. Training Season is getting a serious bump this week.<\/p>\n
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