The alpine parasport star received a lot of attention when she - despite huge injury problems - last winter won two golds and took a bronze in the Paralympics.
Årsjö, 21, has a muscle loss in her right leg, a side effect of the syndrome she was born with, Klippel-Trenaunay's syndrome.
She kept her function variation a secret for 18 years.
Now anyone who wants to can see what her right leg looks like.
She has posted a picture wearing a bikini, taken on a balcony in Mallorca, with the text: "Yes, corner, this is me.
Do not forget to like yourself. ”
What made you make the decision?
- I have thought for over a year that I want to do it.
All this year, I have counted down the months until I take some nice pictures and upload, she says.
- I talk about being that role model, I talk about everything to do but I myself have not shown the leg yet.
What do you want to achieve with the pictures?
- I hope this can be of extra help to others.
I feel that I can really influence people and when you hear that you have been a help, then you become really happy in the whole body.
All individual athletes are very "ego", thinking only of themselves and winning.
Here I get something else on the purchase, do something bigger.
Questioned by other skiers
The publication is also made to silence doubters.
- Many have wondered and asked and questioned.
Some have even been a little angry and thought "she should not be here", "she is lying" and so on.
Coaches and other skiers have questioned why I am with when it looks like I have a healthy leg.
Årsjö is open about how the functional variation has shaped her.
- I'm not me but this leg.
In recent years, it has become like an identity.
I make money because of the leg, I have made a lot of new friends, I have a lot of goals and I am happy with the leg.
- Previously, it affected me more negatively.
It has depressed me, been a burden and I have felt hatred.
It's still a burden due to pain and medical problems, but it's something I'm used to dealing with.
- I urge others to dare to be themselves, regardless of whether they have a functional variation or not.
CLIP: Årsjö's new life in the spotlight: "Say yes to everything" (June 9, 2022)
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