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Stephanie Rice, an Australian Olympic swimmer, has been criticized for carrying a swimsuit ... but it's not like one among her usual racing items.
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The Olympian posted a photograph to Twitter of her in a very skimpy black and white crisscrossed bikini. The attractive suit was a 24th-birthday present from designer Ellie Gonsalves.
swimsuit2Rice is not any stranger to posting swimsuit photos on her Twitter feed. (@ItsStephRice via Instagram)
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"Thank you to the beautiful @elliegonsalves for my birthday @veveswimwear bikini," Rice posted at the side of the shot.
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The three-time Olympic gold medalist has been slammed for posting the "racy" picture. Rice suffered backlash on Twitter from fans, one follower beneath the name @allyouzombies going as so much as to say she "has brought disgrace to the australian swim team and he or she ought to be dropped."
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While critics have slammed the shot, others are returning to the swimmer's defense. Designer Ellie Gonsalves posted a photograph of herself on Twitter carrying the attractive suit.
"Don't begin a war with the queens of selfies - you won't win! Right ItsStephRice?," the designer posted.
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The Olympian is not any stranger to online controversy. Rice was slammed in 2010 once posting what was interpreted as a homophobic slur.
"Suck on that f----ts," Rice tweeted once Australia defeated South Africa in a very rugby match. The controversial swimmer obviously hasn't learned her lesson regarding tweeting things that would be interpreted the wrong way.
Rice will defend her Olympic titles in a very additional conservative swimsuit throughout the 2012 London Olympic Games next month.
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