Beyond the beautiful game
Retired race-walker Olive Loughnane, Cork camogie captain Anna Geary and Irish heptathlon record holder Kelly Proper agreed that spectators, the media and potential sponsors are still drawn to the more aesthetically pleasing athletes, but denied sportswomen are pressurised to conform to a certain image.
The debate surfaced last week when 11-time Paralympic gold medallist Tanni Grey-Thompson last week that the “tyranny of thin and beautiful” continues to weigh heavy on elite sportswomen.
