A former Olympian now working as a Japanese university track and field coach is determined to protect female athletes from unscrupulous photographers looking to capture sexualized images of them without their consent.
Kana Ichikawa, 31, who began to coach this past spring at her alma mater, Chukyo University, remembers being photographed without her permission at competition venues and warm-up facilities.
While being cheered on by fans during her running career, she had to be aware of photographers potentially lurking with the aim of taking shots of female athletes that zoom in on breasts and buttocks in a lewd way.