The Olympic games this year have been unusual in many ways.
Reporters tweeting pictures of unfinished hotels, tainted water and no roofs. Issues at the opening ceremonies of technical difficulty. Most people have been focused on these problems and have not payed much attention to the games.
One way Russia reportedly tried to pull attention from these errors was by launching a series of photographs of their women athletes in sexy lingerie.
In this article it explains how ESPN Body Magazine and the Sochi stunt compare to one another.
In the ESPN Body Magazine there are pictures of both male and female athletes nude and in their elements. Where as the two Russian Olympians featured are posed with no connection to their sport and it is viewed in a completely different way.
No matter what, these women are gorgeous and amazing for what they can accomplish with their bodies. They work hard and should be treated with respect.
Having a body like them, who wouldn't want to show it of! Though there are better ways of doing it for such accomplished women.
They are Olympian athletes not lingerie models.
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The images most certainly have cause some controversy, that is for sure! You have people on both side of the spectrum elating their detest as well as their elation. If their main goal was to get into the headlines of the news, they have certainly accomplished that! It is true though that these Olympians have spent a good majority of their lives training and should be proud of their bodies. What I do hate to see though is that these olympians should be shown natural, as they are. All of the photos on display are heavily airbrushed and photoshopped, which I feel is degrading to the athletes.
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