Professional sport is very competitive, and requirements for young people who want to be good athletes and win gold are very high. Established standards as to the required form of the sportsmen in modern Olympic Games are to be followed by every athlete though they are harmful enough for the health and general condition of a person.
To be a top athlete means to follow the advice of your coach and meet the requirements of a big sport, which is very difficult, especially for women. General sports standards lead to the loosing of weight. As a result, it can threaten the physical state of the athletes. Very often, professional sportsmen are required to use steroids in order to win the competitions by all means. Coaches are responsible for the health and general state of their athletes and must not involve them in “harmful practices” manipulating through food and the shape of the body. According to Helen Lenskyj, who is considered to be a sports sociologist, young and very thin girls who take part in the competitions cannot reach good results and very often they leave the sport. Athletic sport is generally for men, and women should not strive to be like males. Too much control over the amount of food taken by athletes results in eating disorders and can lead to disabilities of sportsmen to take part in the international competitions.
To tell the truth, professional athletes should try to control their state of health and body by themselves without taking into account any manipulations and established standards. According to the statistics, anorexia symptoms can be the results not only of eating disorders but of the early deaths rate among young athletes. Coaches who bear responsibilities for their sportsmen should pay more attention to sports activities and training rather than food and steroids. It is important to note that European athletes are considered to be too much thin, and that is why they burn out very fast; thus, women who are busy with the professional sport should enjoy the body given by God and put more effort into the professional training and sports activities.