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title: Athlete POVs – Sofya Lebedeva | Triathlete & Clinical Medicine PhD Student
description: Triathlete and PhD student Sofya Lebedeva sheds a light on how social media fails to support athlete-creators.
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# [Athlete POVs – Sofya Lebedeva | Triathlete & Clinical Medicine PhD Student](https://hub.ontheside.com/the-inside-track/athlete-povs-sofya-lebedeva-triathlete-clinical-medicine-phd-student)

 Written by [Alicia Mittelbach](https://hub.ontheside.com/the-inside-track/author/alicia-mittelbach) | 12/13/25, 1:32 AM

## Pitfalls of Today's Social Media

As a Triathlete and full time PhD Student Sofya Lebedeva juggles competitions, school and being a creator on social media. Here's her take on how social media falls short today in supporting athlete-creators like herself.

I have a bunch of social media accounts already and, not surprisingly, I haven't been satisfied with the time to reward ratio and, generally as a woman, the response online is horrific.

 

Explore Sofya's Profile Ontheside and learn more about her passion that drives her.

 

 

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