Down-the-line.com / Figure Skating. Russian figure skater Stanislava Konstantinova has opened up about how she decided to post swimsuit photos on social media more often. She also admitted that she was very worried when she gained weight.

“I can’t say that I have some kind of goal or I suddenly woke up and decided to take candid photos. I just feel a change in me – I become more open in communication, a soul open to the world.

Figure skater Konstantinova, using the example of Zagitova, explained why she supports raising the age limit

I worked with a psychologist, I worked a lot on myself, on certain problems with my figure, with food, and I started to treat myself with love. The last few years in sports, I’ve been so rotten with myself, and it’s been so hard on me that I don’t get what I always want… At some point I realized: “Damn, well, my body isn’t to blame for that, it’s that I do everything on my own.”

Yes, my body has changed, yes, I gained weight – by the way, I gained 10 kilograms, probably at first. Yes, it was difficult to accept, to bear, I felt ugly. It was hard, especially when you were used to being perfect, dry, cool – and even then I was unhappy with myself. And now, of course, I couldn’t wear the clothes I liked, and I couldn’t fit into my own. It was so difficult!” – quotes Konstantinova Sport24.