Leading sportswomen urge female athletes to be themselves after detailing abuse over body image.
Featuring a panel and audience of athletes and coaches, the 90-minute show tackled issues including pay, media coverage and hopes for the future.
"The moment you embrace who you are, how you look, how you feel and what you do, other young people will start to look up to you and think, 'Do you know what? It doesn't matter - I can be big, I can be short, I can be small'. I achieved two gold medals in Beijing and within days it was"you're ugly, it's because you look like a whale, and you're a dolphin and you're fat".I will never understand why people send horrible stuff anyway, but even more when it has nothing to do with your performance.
They turned round and said:"Why do you wear your arm? We like stumps." I'd never been in that environment before where people just accepted the disability.Aimee Fuller, Olympic snowboarder
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