I agree with this here, too. I should probably educate myself on the athlete’s height, but if it’s somewhere below 5 feet… then yeah.
A woman here as well. As someone who battled anorexia in the past - years ago, I can see how weight numbers can be triggering. But thank God im more of the mindset now, wherever someone feels good and is healthy (doesn’t restrict, you get what I mean), then that’s their weight. That probably sounds too simplistic. Im sorry for offending anyone. Though it can be interesting to see what others way and how that composition can help them - whether they’re smaller or larger, provided the athletes fuel themselves well. Probably better to keep #s outta publication, though.
Like what another woman posted on this thread, I also relate to the “you look unhealthy” comments. For me, these came when I was probably 120/125# as a HS senior & I was curling 45# (for short sets… I was foolish how I used to lift). Certain ppl close to me were offended that veins popped out of my arms & would get offended if I didn’t eat cake at birthday parties & would accuse me of “excluding myself” for not eating sweets (I ate them, but ate them when I craved them). The nutritional denigration happened so often those taunts triggered long binge eating disorder in college because I never felt good enough for those ppl, never felt like I could fit in with them. So I’ve been BMI-obese, too. So grateful to be 2.5-years free from binge eating & slowly back to running. Hope is out there.