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Athlete turning heads at Winter Olympics is Angelina Jolie’s doppelganger

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<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/13/photo1.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/13/photo2.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/13/photo3.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/13/photo4.jpg"/></div><div><img data-lazy="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/02/13/photo5.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Anastasia Bryzgalova has more than 91,000 followers on Instagram and counting. <cite>Toby Melville, Reuters</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anastasia Bryzgalova is married to teammate and curling playing partner Alexander Krushelnitskiy. Their pairing netted them the mixed doubles world title in 2016 and a bronze in the same event at the Pyeongchang Olympics. <cite>Toby Melville, Reuters</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anastasia Bryzgalova has a masters degree in physical education, sport and health. <cite>Cathal McNaughton, Reuters</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anastasia Bryzgalova says she appreciates the compliments she gets about her looks, but &quot;medals aren&#x27;t given for beauty.&quot;<cite>Cathal McNaughton, Reuters</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Anastasia Bryzgalova in action at the Pyeongchang Olympics. <cite>Cathal McNaughton, Reuters</cite></p></div></div></div><p>The fact that Anastasia Bryzgalova is a world champion in her sport isn&#x27;t exactly the reason why the Russian Olympic curler is attracting a lot of attention at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea this week.</p><p>It&#x27;s less about her talent, and more about her charming looks.</p><p>Social media couldn&#x27;t get enough of Bryzgalova, whose face has drawn comparisons with Angelina Jolie.</p><p>But the 25-year-old with a masters degree in physical education, sport and health is not about the showbiz life apparently and, in a <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/5586535/winter-olympics-anastasia-bryzgalova-responds/">story</a> that appeared on The Sun website recently, made clear where her priorities lie: &quot;Medals aren&#x27;t given for beauty.&quot;</p><p>Bryzgalova is married to teammate and curling playing partner Alexander Krushelnitskiy. Their pairing netted a mixed doubles world title for them in 2016.</p><p>On Wednesday, The Sun reported that Bryzgalova has more than 68,000 followers on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/a_nastasia92/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, but when ABS-CBN News checked her account that number rose to more than 91,000.</p><p>Here are a few reactions by a smitten social media:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anastasia bryzgalova....my new reason to love the winter olympics <a href="https://t.co/MbrhJOGlk5">pic.twitter.com/MbrhJOGlk5</a></p>— Gavin Mudford (@muddygav) <a href="https://twitter.com/muddygav/status/961565756419788800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I&#x27;m still rooting for USA, but Anastasia Bryzgalova, the Russian curler looks like a freaking model. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Olympics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Olympics</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamUSA</a></p>— Tom Sica (@Flags12345) <a href="https://twitter.com/Flags12345/status/961406022609981440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Russian curling mixed doubles team is led by Anastasia Bryzgalova, who looks like Angelina Jolie at 21 if she ever picked up a broom.</p>— James Stewart (@jamespstewart) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamespstewart/status/961391603293347840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div><strong>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website.</a></strong></div>

<p>The fact that Anastasia Bryzgalova is a world champion in her sport isn't exactly the reason why the Olympic curler is attracting a lot of attention in South Korea.</p>

The fact that Anastasia Bryzgalova is a world champion in her sport isn't exactly the reason why the Olympic curler is attracting a lot of attention in South Korea.