The British swimming team that was ridiculed for its 'small breasts and small buttocks'

Many of us would like to be more athletic, but for professional swimmers Kate Shortman and Easy Thrum, their size has been ridiculed and abused.

Kate, 19, and Easy, 20, will represent the UK at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where they will compete in the sport of synchronized swimming.

She says of her size that she has broad shoulders, and that her breasts and hips are very small.

Over ten years of continuous training in swimming, weightlifting, dance and gymnastics, his size has taken shape. He says he is often called "masculine".

Easy says most swimmers have wide shoulders.

"When I was younger, I used to shrug my shoulders, because of the loose clothes, they became less prominent. If I was posting pictures on social media, I would cut them out or try to make them less prominent so that people would not say negative things.

Apart from training, these girls were ridiculed for their body shaming at school.

Kate says people would come to her in the public swimming pool and say, "Can you cover yourself, please?"

"We wear one-piece costumes like everyone else, but because of the athletic size, the costume is a bit high on the hips."

He adds that "even if the boys wear speedo, that's fine, but as soon as the girls see it, they are accused of showing off their bodies."

Kate and Easy say they have learned to live with these negative attitudes and have acknowledged how they look.

"Our hips are not big, our breasts are not big, but we do all this in the passion of this game," she told jaanisports Radio One News Beat.

"When you're practicing your game 40 hours a week, you obviously don't have that size."

"We do it all for the love of the game, not to look special," says Easy.

Both girls are from Bristol. She recently took part in a shoot for a British brand, Blue Bella, which was shut down underwater.

They realize that some people will question how a comprehensive photo shoot represents women's empowerment.

However, she says she did it because she did not want any girl or woman to be ashamed of her body.

"We've been trolling and now we're proud to have been photographed in less clothes," says Kate.

"Concerns about body image aren't just for people who think they're fat, they're also for those who think they're more ethical, bigger, or smaller," she says. There are. '

"We are where we are today, and we are confident and self-reliant about our bodies."

She wants to encourage girls and women who give up sports because of their size.

According to a recent study, more women than men of all ages participate in sports. Thirty-five percent of 14- to 16-year-old girls say they do not participate in sports because of a lack of self-confidence.

National campaigns have been launched in the UK to tackle the issue, such as Support England's #thisgirlcan, which aims to dispel the negative perception of looking sweaty or overly powerful.

Easy and Kate are no longer bothered by jokes about their size and their focus is entirely on going to Japan.

Officials said this week that Code 19 would allow very few fans to attend the Tokyo Olympics and that there would be no meetings between the teams, but that did not bother Easy and Kate.

"We're just happy to be in the Olympics, it's our dream and nothing can stop us," says Easy.