The problem came to mind when Lee was required to complete a fitness test before the team left South Africa. She asked her to do it for her travel expenses in her parents’ hometown of Ermelo in Mpumalanga, South Africa, rather than in the northwestern part of her state or at the CSA headquarters in Johannesburg. did. Lee Seung-yuop weighed and sent the results to the team’s fitness trainer. The trainer said that skin folds also need to be measured. Lee visited Ermelo’s biodynamics later for the test later that day, but she never weighed her again because she “fluctuated and had a small margin,” she said in a podcast. Stated. “Once it’s over, I’m not going to do it again [the limit] Not eligible for England tour. She recorded her own weight, she told a biodynamician.
She was then selected for the tour and retested when she arrived in England in early July. According to Lee, she “skinfolded down, but her weight wasn’t as much as I expected.”
“What really matters, especially for women, needs to be more important. For example, running and skills, everything that actually contributes to victory, not how people look.”
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The CSA asked Lee for clarification and proved that Lee’s weight had not been confirmed by biodynamics. Lee Seung-yuop knew in an email to CSA officials on July 5 that he should test his weight again, but admitted, “I was worried that I would not be selected because it was different from the morning.” “It was wrong and I should have done it there,” she said.
The next day-July 6-Lee was informed by email that he would withdraw from the team. In the communication between CSA and Lee as seen by ESPNcricinfo, CSA also said it would exercise its right to withhold NOCs from joining the league until she “meets and maintains workload and fitness requirements.” .. Since then, the CSA has confirmed that if Lee returns, he is confident that he will be able to use it six to eight weeks away from the national team in June and July prior to Hand Red to meet the requirements. .. They were also worried about her shape and wanted to be able to work with it while she was at her home. Prior to her tour, Lee played seven ODIs in 2022, averaging 81 runs with an average of 11.57, including five single figure knocks.
But Lee was worried that she wouldn’t get the NOC in time for a hundred, especially because she was just a parent. This has a considerable economic impact. “It was a lot of money,” she said. “We needed it. We are a young family, so I just said I was going to retire.”
She made a statement through the CSA that she was initially ready to focus on the next stage of her career, but a few days later, Hilton Moren National Coach recognized the CSA’s intention to reject the NOC. Tweeted. It was in response to Moren saying at her press conference that she didn’t know Lee’s situation.
Lee accused CSA of not providing resources to help him lose weight. “That didn’t get any support from CSA,” she said. “They never asked me,’What do you need, what can you do to help you lose weight?’ That’s what I had to do myself. The CSA denied that claim.
Lee realized that CSA “has the right to do that.” [withhold the NOC] She said that summarizing an athlete’s ability to run to the skin’s folds and weight is not a true measure of cricketing ability, but wants to separate cardiovascular and body composition components.
“I understand running. If you don’t run, they won’t think you have enough strength to play. Probably that’s fine,” she said. Said. “The big thing I got was that I had to do some running that I had to do. Basically, it’s good to play. I fell in Ireland, so I had this conversation in front of Ireland. I did. My weight was similar, I told them, “You’re dropping me because of your appearance and weight,” and they said, “No, you’re dropping you because you broke your fitness battery. I will. “
“I said’yes’, but what did I not make if I broke the fitness battery? I made fitness, running, but not weight, so you I’m dropping me because of my weight. ” Break me “
Lee’s gender is the reason why the CSA did not publish these details, and some officials cite an understanding of the sensitivity of body image problems women are facing as a reason to keep the problem private. is doing.
At the beginning of 2020, CSA held conditioning camps for Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, JJ Smuts and Sisanda Magala, especially for weight. At the end of the camp, all four players took a fitness test, and Magara was the only one who didn’t pass. He was then removed from the ODI team to play against England and his challenge is well documented. Despite being the leading wicket taker in the national one-day cup during the 2021-22 season, Magara will not be available for country selection until it meets fitness requirements.
Lee called for a complete overhaul of the fitness testing process, especially for women. “What really matters needs to be more important, especially for women. For example, running and skills are everything that actually contributes to victory, not how people look.”
Firdose Moonda is a South African correspondent at ESPNcricinfo.
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