Back in February, the University of Michigan was competing against their Big Ten rival University of Minnesota. A young gymnastics?star Natalie Wojcik from Abington, Pennsylvania, performed her routine flawlessly. Yet, the 23-year-old became the subject of hateful comments regarding her costume during that event.

Natalie Wojcik recently opened up about all the negative comments she has received since her dazzling beam routine at the NCAA dual meet in February. Here’s more on it.

A young Natalie Wojcik dealt with body shaming

Natalie Wojcik recently posted a tweet that read, “I deserve respect because I am human”. This was in response to one of the many hate comments she received online. This recent one, in particular, was from a Twitterati who wrote, “When a young women exposes herself like this, how do they deserve respect”.

Wojcik believes that the attention she has garnered over the past few years for her exceptional performance at the NCAA championships, also brought a lot of negative attention to her appearances.

She recently spoke to Olympics.com, and said, “And so most of them kind of centered around the idea that my leotard wasn?t fitting me properly or that they just aren’t made the same way that they used to, or gymnasts aren’t having the same bodies that they used to”. Her strong belief that it is a matter of choice when it came to wearing what she likes was firmly evident. Her demand for equal respect by virtue of being a human being was also reflective of her values.

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To explain the context, Wojcik performed her dazzling beam routine flawlessly, earning her a perfect 10. She jumped down in ecstasy, hugged her coach, and high-fived her teammates. All the while, she was wearing a bluish leotard. While several netizens took offence to it, Wojcik handled the haters with grace.

Here is a glimpse of her performance.

Young female gymnasts are often targeted and become subjects to objectifying remarks. In another instance that happened recently, LSU Tigers member Olivia Dunne was called an expletive by her TikTok rival Breckie Hill.

Presently, Natalie Bojcik is all set to perform at the NCAA championships in Fort Worth, Texas this week. Wojcik who will look to score a perfect 10 once again may be able to shun the negativity away.

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