A media outlet in Australia published an article about the former women’s captain of South Africa, Dane Van Niekerk, and she criticized it.
The now-deleted article claimed that the player was fat-shamed for failing to match the team’s fitness requirements and was thus passed over for the recently-completed ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Retirement Article by Australian Media
The South African ladies advanced to the event’s final, making them the first Protea team, male or female, to do so.
After her shocking fat-shaming episode last month, “international cricket sensation Dane van Niekerk is likely to retire at the age of just 29,” the story stated.
- A media outlet in Australia published an article about the former captain of South Africa.
- An article claimed that the player was fat-shamed for failing to match the team’s fitness requirements.
- Van Niekerk took to Twitter to express her dissatisfaction with the article.
The article continued, “Van Niekerk missed the 9:30 minute two-kilometer time trial cut off by 18 seconds, after recovering from a major ankle injury.
Van Niekerk took to Twitter to express her dissatisfaction with the article because she was not amused by the headline.
She Tweeted, “Excuse me? Fat shamed? Are you serious? “, in response to the news source’s official Twitter account.
Notably, Van Niekerk revealed her retirement in a mysterious Instagram post that said, “You must recognize that there are some life chapters that must end prematurely. By attempting to restore something that is supposed to be broken, you will only end up losing yourself.”
