Sunday, August 22, 2004
Svetlana the Great - Anyone Disturbed by her Thinness?
Slate has an interesting article on Svletana, her career, her bitterness at not winning just now. I have a question on how thin she looks.
I agree that Svetlana has fierce determination, grace, is a great gymnast, etc., etc., but was anyone disturbed about how thin she looks?
She certainly seemed full of energy in her routines, not like she had anorexia and was wasting away, and had often a brimming expression (except at the end), but she looked like she had just stepped out of a concentration camp to me.
Now that it´s over, even though she is not happy, maybe she´ll allow herself some good, hearty milkshakes and become something other than skin and bones.
By the reports we have of so many broken lives of these gymnasts after they are forced to end their often very neurotic short lived careers, I hope she finds her way in life, whatever that may be.
Alessandra
What is appealing about Khorkina is that she grasps the magnitude of every moment. In a pre-Olympics interview, she told NBC that she loved being called a diva. "A diva is magical; you can't catch her," she smiled. Before the awards ceremony, she changed into a sleeveless bright-blue leotard that appeared to be made of shiny vinyl, of the sort usually seen on miniskirts in night clubs. With a body that was much too tall and supposedly much too old to compete at the highest level in a sport given over to springy squirts, she refused to let anyone tell her what her place was. She would remain undefeated in her own mind.
I agree that Svetlana has fierce determination, grace, is a great gymnast, etc., etc., but was anyone disturbed about how thin she looks?
She certainly seemed full of energy in her routines, not like she had anorexia and was wasting away, and had often a brimming expression (except at the end), but she looked like she had just stepped out of a concentration camp to me.
Now that it´s over, even though she is not happy, maybe she´ll allow herself some good, hearty milkshakes and become something other than skin and bones.
By the reports we have of so many broken lives of these gymnasts after they are forced to end their often very neurotic short lived careers, I hope she finds her way in life, whatever that may be.
Alessandra
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