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Track star Amy Hunt fumes at Sydney Sweeney after she strips down for gambling ad

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Richter, E. (2026, September 14). Track star Amy Hunt fumes at Sydney Sweeney after she strips down for gambling ad. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/14/sports/female-athletes-fume-at-sydney-sweeney-after-she-strips-down-for-gambling-ad/

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British sprinter Amy Hunt criticized American actress Sydney Sweeney for a nude advertisement promoting the prediction market company Novig, which focuses solely on sports betting. After finishing fourth in the 200m final at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hunt directed her criticism towards Sweeney during an interview, highlighting the stark contrast between Sweeney’s ad and what she perceived as true representation of women's sport achievements. Other female athletes, including Australian water polo player Tilly Kearns and American gymnast Gracie Kramer, echoed similar sentiments on social media, expressing their dissatisfaction with Sweeney’s advertisement.

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Female athletes criticized Sydney Sweeney's ad for Novig, which featured her posing nude with sports equipment. British sprinter Amy Hunt addressed the ad after finishing fourth in the 200 meters at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest, saying "Sydney Sweeney, this is what women in sport look like: muscles, hard work, sweat, blood, tears." Four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ariarne Titmus wrote on Instagram that she was infuriated by the ad. Former U.S. gymnast Gracie Kramer said she had spent her life competing in a sport where female athletes are oversexualized and reduced to their bodies. The ads sparked widespread backlash from female athletes who claimed it sexualizes women in sports, with some posting images of nude athletes training hard as role models for young people and highlighting the importance of focusing on what an athlete's body can do rather than its appearance. Sweeney later shared photos of nude athletes on her Instagram Stories, including Serena Williams and Ronda Rousey, without addressing the criticism directly.

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A British sprinter has lashed out at Sydney Sweeney over her risqué commercial. asserted

sprinter → lash → commercial

Amy Hunt fired direct shots at the “Euphoria” star after she finished fourth in the 200m final at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, after Sweeney went fully nude for an ad for the prediction market Novig. asserted

Sweeney → fire → Novig

“Sydney Sweeney, this is what women’s sport looks like!” Hunt said, staring straight at the camera after American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the race. asserted

Wooden → look → race

Sweeney did the ad for the sports prediction market company, telling viewers they can trade on multiple sports, while also covering her private parts with props from that sport. “You can trade on this,” Sweeney said in the scintillating ad with two footballs covering their chest. asserted

footballs → do → chest

Australian Olympic water polo star Tilly Kearns also wrote on Instagram that she “absolutely f–king hated” Sweeney’s new advertisement. asserted

she → write → advertisement

American gymnast Gracie Kramer also was left fuming by the commercial. asserted

Kramer → leave → commercial

“Idk what Sydney Sweeney was doing but this is what a woman in sports looks like,” Kramer wrote on Instagram. asserted

Kramer → idk → Instagram

Sweeney has apparently heard the detractors, though. asserted

Sweeney → hear → detractors

The superstar actress has posted on her Instagram story multiple pictures of athletes posing nude for a variety of different media obligations. asserted

athletes → post → obligations

Sweeney posted nude images of Serena Williams, Ronda Rousey and Sue Bird to go along with Myles Garrett, Rob Gronkowski, and more as they posed with little or no clothing for ESPN’s Body magazine. asserted

they → post → magazine

She posted her own naked images in a post on Sunday to celebrate gameday in the NFL. asserted

She → post → NFL

The post has over 2 million likes in less than 20 hours of time on the social media platform. asserted

post → have → platform

Sweeney apparently approached Novig to close the advertising deal, as she is now an equity partner in the company. asserted

she → approach → company

Novig’s appeal over bigger competitors like Polymarket and Kalshi is that it focuses only on sports. asserted

it → focus → sports

“She said, ‘I’m uncomfortable with other platforms that have markets on what color underwear I’m going to wear,’” Novig CEO Jacob Fortinsky said in an interview. asserted

Fortinsky → say → interview

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