HARD TWERK
Viral Olympics pole vaulter and OnlyFans star Alysha Newman finally explains what twerking celebration was about
Alysha Newman also trolled her critics before her viral twerk
ALYSHA NEWMAN revealed the real reason behind her viral twerking celebration at Paris 2024.
Newman, 30, made headlines in France after winning her first ever Olympic medal in women's pole vaulting.
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The Olympian won bronze after clearing 4.85m and made history as the first ever Canadian woman to make it to the podium in that event.
The Ontario native then went vial as she surprised the crowd by twerking in jubilation.
Many assumed Newman did that to celebrate her country's first ever pole vaulting medal.
However, the star revealed that's not the case as Switzerland's Angelica Moser had another attempt and could have beaten her to the podium.
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Instead, she was just celebrating the fact that she broke a Canadian record in women's pole vaulting during Paris 2024.
Newman told the : "A lot of people think I broke out in the dance because of the bronze medal, but again, I didn’t know I had bronze, Angelica [Moser] from Switzerland still had another attempt, she could have easily taken my spot.
"If you know me for these many years, I’ve always celebrated after a Canadian record.
"So I had just jumped with the 4.85 [m] jump, I jumped a Canadian record, and in the past, at every single competition I’ve ever jumped, I’ve backflipped, I’ve danced, I’ve done any sort of thing that comes out naturally.”
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Newman also celebrated by faking a hamstring injury after her record jump.
That was a quip to all the critics that have been slamming her long injury record, which included knee and ankle knocks as well as a concussion.
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Newman added: ";[It’s] If Alysha can stay healthy, then she can win a medal.
“I think for me to have faked an injury and then danced after, obviously everyone called it a twerk, but I’m laughing cause I probably didn’t do a great twerking compared to some of the women and men that can do it better than me.
"But it just came out with more of the faking of the injury was more of the plan, rather than the actual twerking, so I laugh because, obviously, it got out there and I’m more than fortunate that people got to see another side of me.”
Newman now has her eyes set on the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles but will also continue working on her OnlyFans.
The Canadian started her channel during the Tokyo Olympics as a way to bring her fans closer to the action as there were still strict COVID-19 laws in place.
Newman explained: "The whole reason I started it was financial reason in 2021, but the idea came from it being a COVID Olympics and no one could come.
"So I said, how can I get all my fans with me to the Olympics without physically being there? So originally, I was just going to do it for an Olympics and do a 16-day, behind-the-scenes at the Olympic Village.
“It just blew up so I just kept with it, kept going with it through the years, and just doing what I felt comfortable with: Going live at my practices, showing workout routines, my abs — a lot of people want ab workouts — the nutrition programs…
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"People were just so invested in how I went from not even being able to clear a bar to winning an Olympic medal this year.
"So we kept it cause we wanted people who believed in me to be part of that whole journey, cause I felt deep down that I was going to get out on the other side of it, and I’m so happy I did, it’s been the most amazing experience for me.”
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