Brutal transformation: what Russian female athletes would look like if they were men

Apps where you can adjust your appearance have become extremely popular among internet users. In the last few years alone, we’ve seen people age themselves, youth themselves beyond recognition, and compare their faces to those of artists, politicians, and even philosophers.

This time the public has been stirred up by FaceApp’s new feature, which allows you to try on the image of the opposite sex. We have selected photos of ten Russian sportswomen and imagined how they would look like in a man’s guise. Let’s face it, some girls look good!

Alina Zagitova

We’ve been missing gold medals, and even more so Olympic medals in men’s figure skating for a long time. Perhaps Alina could remedy the situation by competing with the guys. But in the photo with a beard, the figure skater’s true nature is still revealed by her cheerful look.

Maria Sharapova

It seems that the male version of the tennis player follows modern trends as well as Maria herself. A hairstyle with sunburned strands and a stylish denim shirt would attract the attention of many fans.

Alexandra Soldatova

Alexandra has always been characterized by expressive facial features: large green-brown eyes, thick eyebrows and a beautiful lip shape. It seems that all this is not only beautiful for girls! After all, let’s be honest, we didn’t expect that the image of a guy would be so attached to the gymnast.

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

The figure skater looks a little tired in a man’s guise and without makeup. You’d think so: so many trainings, competitions and demonstrations! And also Elizaveta on the right photo reminds something of actor Shia Labaf or Ivan Urgant. What do you think?

Svetlana Kuznetsova

There are no comments here. Svetlana would make a handsome and, to all appearances, very purposeful man. Such a man would definitely win all the Grand Slam and WTA tournaments – Federer would have to move.

Margarita Mamun

Margarita’s facial features have not changed much, except that the appendix has made her cheekbones wider. Therefore, the Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics can be recognized even through a thick beard, if you try hard enough. There was also a question to the developers: where did you take the earpiece from the athlete?

Veronica Kalinina

No matter how hard we tried to glue on Veronika’s beard and mustache, the five-time synchronized swimming world champion looks feminine enough with them. Probably, it’s all about her charming smile, which can’t be hidden even behind the most brutal filter.

Yulia Efimova

But the transformation of Yulia, as we think, succeeded. And if it were not for the bright nail polish that catches the eye, then in the photo on the right you could safely imagine a swimmer not yet known to the world. True, already with a silver medal from the Rio Games!

Maria Lasitskene

Over-size jacket, loose pants, gathered hair – the high jumper, whose titles are simply uncountable, as if she had specially selected the image for our experiment. It’s really funny! However, one clue still remains: sneakers in this color can be found only in the women’s collection.

Adelina Sotnikova

On the Olympic ice in Sochi, Adelina perfectly rolled out her short program to a daring Habanera from the opera “Carmen”. Ironically, the figure skater’s male alter ego turned out to be very similar to a true Spaniard.