More and more ESPN The Magazine ‘Body Issue’ photos are beginning to hit the Internet in the days leading up to the annual issue’s release. One of the athletes I had anticipated seeing was United States Olympic hockey player Hilary Knight, who won my heart in Sochi this past winter.
Tuesday gave us our first glimpse at a couple of the photos we’ll see of the 24-year old Knight, who has a way more impressive physique than I ever expected. Her muscular body (and sideboob!) are on full display in the few photos we’ve gotten a peak at, and she’s very proud of the way she looks…as she should be.
There is this image of athletic women as small and petite — the yoga body type. Women in general, we tend to shrink ourselves and not have as much confidence as we should in presenting ourselves and our body types. It’s OK to be fit and healthy and comfortable within your body, whatever frame you have. Since gaining 15 pounds to be at the top of my sport [for the Olympics], I’ve tried to shatter the body image that muscular isn’t feminine.
You can check out Knight’s full interview as well as some video footage of her photo shoot over at ESPN dot com.
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