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Jeez, I thought the triple-X Olympics would be a bit more - uh - risque (Original Post) rurallib Jul 2012 OP
I used to compete in the XXX Olympics until I sustained a SERIOUS injury in the pole vault event. MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 #1
Miss the hole on the way up? Or did you miss the mattress on the way down? HopeHoops Jul 2012 #3
Guess I shoulda read the Lounge - I posted a similar sentiment petronius Jul 2012 #2
great minds crawl in the gutter together. rurallib Jul 2012 #6
My problem was the hurdles..... lastlib Jul 2012 #4
were you the one they nicknamed the hammer? rurallib Jul 2012 #7
They used to be naked in the past jakeXT Jul 2012 #5

lastlib

(23,352 posts)
4. My problem was the hurdles.....
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 03:57 PM
Jul 2012

...knocked down ev'ry damn one of 'em....got my feet over 'em OK, but......well, you know...

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
5. They used to be naked in the past
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 04:25 PM
Jul 2012
NUDITY AT THE GAMES?

There are two stories relating to the question of nudity at the ancient Olympic Games. One story states that it was a runner from Megara, Orsippos or Orrhippos who, in 720 B.C. was the first to run naked in the stadion race when he lost his shorts in the race. Another tradition is that it was the Spartans who introduced nudity to the Olympic Games in the 8th century B.C. as it was a Spartan tradition. It is not clear if the very first recorded victor at Olympia, Koroibos, who won the stadion race in 776 B.C. wore shorts or not. It seems fairly clear that by the late 8th century nudity was common for the male contestants.

http://www.penn.museum/sites/olympics/olympicorigins.shtml


It's a bit strange to watch gymnastics without a bra, but the Japanese like it..

In 2002, Miloşovici, along with former teammates Corina Ungureanu and Claudia Presecan, sparked controversy by posing naked in photographs for a Japanese photobook, LCC Gold ISBN 4-87279-118-5, and performing gymnastics routines topless for the Japanese DVDs Gold Bird and Euro Angels. A number of photographs from the photobook and DVDs were subsequently published in the Japanese magazine Shukan Gendai, and an edited version of the DVDs entitled 3 Gold Girls was released in Germany in 2004. Because the gymnasts had posed for some of the photographs and footage wearing their official Romanian team leotards, the Romanian Gymnastics Federation banned them from coaching and judging in the country for five years, and the Japanese Junior Gymnastic Club Federation contemplated banning Romanian gymnasts from a major international junior competition.[12][13]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Milo%C5%9Fovici
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