{"id":5236,"date":"2022-11-05T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T12:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/istori.website\/?p=5236"},"modified":"2022-11-05T15:30:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T12:30:41","slug":"bigger-bodied-14-year-old-diver-plunges-off-diving-board-making-headlines-when-he-starts-to-flip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/istori.website\/?p=5236","title":{"rendered":"Bigger bodied 14-year-old diver plunges off diving board making headlines when he starts to flip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The teen is showing the whole world that size doesn\u2019t matter in sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our society has constantly pressured us to fit in a mold. It seems like there is a universal mindset on what someone should look like and should be \u2013 like how we were illusioned to have a specific standard of beauty or ideal occupation based on gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little by little, people stepped up to break the norm. While some people still force their age-old stereotypes on us, we see heroes in those who say no to them; Women who are engineers, astronauts, and race car drivers. Models of different races, ethnicity, shape, and size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This teenager went viral because he showed people he could beat those stereotypes. Zeke Sanchez is determined and passionate \u2013 something he needed from his chosen sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Breaking the mold<br>If you don\u2019t fit the mold, might as well break it! That\u2019s what Zeke Sanchez did to most people\u2019s expectations for those who participate in his sport \u2013 diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-2.png 939w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-2-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-2-768x681.png 768w, https:\/\/istori.website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-2-600x532.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What is our image of a diver? Someone toned with all the abs and muscles, perhaps? The \u201cBaywatch body,\u201d as they call it. But Zeke doesn\u2019t have that body and proved to people that that\u2019s not the only image of a diver. He is living proof of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Breaking the internet<br><\/strong>Zeke posted a video of his dive attempt on his Instagram page way back in 2018, and it garnered more than 180,000 views. This was picked up by a sports page before, but Zeke wasn\u2019t tagged. He thought it\u2019d be cool to get noticed again, so he worked on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that in their sport, what\u2019s important is the dedication and attention to details \u2013 something Zeke has constantly improved. 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