I agree, man... she's a freakin cow with a huge set of chompers...
a real double-bagger.
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> Daniel Bredy wrote:
> >
> > In article <4tm53j$d...@pulp.ucs.ualberta.ca>, de...@gpu1.srv.ualberta.ca (Brian Dell) wrote:
> > >Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
> > >
> > >At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
> > >Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
> > >This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
> > >however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
Well, if we're still talking gymnastics, then my vote goes to Amanda
Borden, the main reason I could put up with John Tesh's commentary.
She's a very overlooked cutie!
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At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
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I'd like to second that Winter Olympics nomination for "the Boss":
Johann Olav Koss rules. Talk about having it all: brains, beauty,
super well-developed body *and* social conscience, multiple medals *and*
a heart of gold. I guess he does qualify for the current Olympic
Betties 'n Baldwins contest, since he's been doing all that fundraising
in Atlanta for his children's foundation.
ekc
"At last--nationalistic 'bias' I can handle" or "Why do all the coolest
people on earth seem to be Norwegians?"
Now I just don't know about that. I think she looks a little, well...
different. Of the gymnasts, I think Podkopayeva (Sp?) and Chow are
better.
-Sheldon
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: At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
: Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
: This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
: however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
I much prefer the Ukranian gymnast- Podkapoyeva or whatever.
As far as the male, I've heard girls raving about swimmer Gary
Hall, Jr. He bugs me with that surfer-boy attitude, though.
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Sorry, Miller may be a good gymnast, but she is fucking ugly. I give the babe
>Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
>At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
>Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
>This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
>however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
I vote for Svetlana Borginskiya (sp).
>
>Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
>
>At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
>Miller
Shannon Miller? My vote goes to Dominique Moceanu. Her face has to
be the most cutest thing I've ever saw.
: At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
: Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
: This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
: however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
: --
: Brian Dell
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Everyone talks about Nemov as the hunk of Olympics, how about another
Russian? The swimmer Alexander Popov, gold medal in both 50 and 100
freestyle. He looks like a greek god. Come to think of it, lot of
Russian athletes are drop dead gorgeous, remember the tragically died
young figure skater Sergei Grinkov?
So hard to choose... :)
Vitaly Scherbo is still a hunk (Nemov too)...in fact, ALL of those male
gymnasts are hunks - literally. There's also a Russian (or former
Soviet) weightlifter whose name I can't recall - Pirov? Popov? short
last name, starts with a P - who was pretty good lookin'.
I can't really comment on women athletes that men would find attractive,
but Mary Onyali, the Nigerian runner, is very pretty and so of course is
Dominique Dawes. I would imagine that guys would go for some members of the
American women's swim team, too.
However, and this is very catty of me I know, I was watching women's
diving and could not figure out WHICH of them I found to be more
UNattractive.
Female: Svetlana Chorkina is gorgeous, as is Dominique Dawes. It's hard
to tell with the swimmers, because they are always seen with swim caps
on, and we haven't gotten much of a look at anyone else.
Male: Preferring the more mature male, I find Carl Lewis very
attractive. (None of the male gymnasts do much for me...)
Naomi
|> As for women, I'll also second someone else's nomination for Mo Huilan
|> of China. Beautiful face.
Me too - I would give the silver to Lilia Podkopayeva and bronze to Shannon
Miller. :)
Noone's mentioned Amy Van Dyken yet - I think she's quite attractive.
Chris
Kind of a lame thing to be talking about, but I'm due for a little "lighthearted"
banter. Being a guy, my vote so far goes to two women I saw last
night: the Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast (name?) and Vera Ilyina, the
Russian 3 meter platform diver who finished first in last night's
qualification round. I also like the Romanian gymnast Milosovici.
But I'm starting to sound like a Hooters patron. . .
I think that there are some very very strong contenders from the men's volleyball team....
Also, I don't know what guys think, but I would really not consider Shannon Miller to be attractive. Amanda Bordon and Kerri Strug are MUCH better looking.
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Oh, and Merlene Ottey isn't bad either. I hope she'll get her
"revenge" on the 200m.
Of course, it's the *performance* of the athletes which is and should
be in focus, not their looks.
As for the men: well I don't care.... You might want to check out
Geir Moen (NOR, again I'm biased :-) in the 200m. The 1994 European
champion hasn't done so well this season, but he did (barely) qualify
for Round 2 today. (In the final: Go Frankie - beat Michael! :-)
My mother has a weak spot for Linford Christie, though I can't say I
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I definitely think we should hold off for a few years before
saying Moceanu is beautiful. In many way she look like the young Nadia
Comaneci and look what Nadia has become. Although not unattractive,
Nadia is only slightly better than homely now; and she is still just in
her early 30s.
>Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
>At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
>Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
>This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
>however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
For female I like Joanne Lamar but I would also include Canadian diver
Annie Pelletier. Top male would probably be Alexei Nemov based on
comments I've heard from women who have seen him.
Rob
Ottawa, Canada
No doubt about it: Aleksei Nemov, Russian gymnast.
Nelson Ricardo nqr...@is2.nyu.edu http://pages.nyu.edu/~nqr1042 :-)
> Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
>
> At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
> Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
> This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
> however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
My vote so far is for Italian epeeist Elisa Uga, but traditionally, the
title has gone to a rhythmic gymnast, so that's not final yet.
J. Andrew Lipscomb <ew...@chattanooga.net, them...@delphi.com>
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But Amy Van Dyken? Give me a break. IMHO, she is among the least
attractive athletes.
> >
> >Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
> >
> >At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
> >Miller
>
> Shannon Miller? My vote goes to Dominique Moceanu. Her face has to
> be the most cutest thing I've ever saw.
My vote is for Moceanu, too. Give her a couple more years and she'll be a
total heartbreaker.
*growl...*
My thoughts:
1. Troy Dumais (he placed third in the Olympic trials for diving, therefore
missing out on the games!)
2. Aleksei Namov (God that body, that face!!!!)
3. Gary Hall Jr. (Most attractive after the end of the race when he dips his
head under the water, when he comes up the hair is just as perfect as his face
& bod!)
That's my thoughts,
Prysme
Guys
1. Troy Dumais (Adonis, but missed the Olympics, due to third place at
diving trials)
1. Alexei Namov (That face, that body, that smile, ohhhh)
2. Gary Hall Jr. (Great bod, great smile, ok hair, nice eyes, bad voice tone)
Girls
1. Svetlana Khorkina (well anyway that Russian red-head is so pretty)
2. Michelle Smith (I love her hair and her eyes)
3. Lila Podkopayeva (a simplicity kind of pretty)
Ciao 4 now,
Prysme
It's too bad we didn't have this thread in 1992, the winner would be
(by a longshot) Summer Sanders. I guess she'll have to settle for "most
attractive NBC commentator"...
Andy
>
> : At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
> : Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
> : This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
> : however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
>
> I much prefer the Ukranian gymnast- Podkapoyeva or whatever.
> As far as the male, I've heard girls raving about swimmer Gary
> Hall, Jr. He bugs me with that surfer-boy attitude, though.
Lilia Podkopayeva, funny choice, I reckon little Moceanu is the nicest
looking, just giver her a few years. At the moment, Dominique Dawes is
looking good.
He bugs me with that American supremacy complex of his. Did you see him
with Popov, he really thought he was a "Better" person than him, Popov
showed him in the pool though..he he. Down lousy Americans!!!
-Jack M. Cooper
>Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
Too close to call, but my finalists are ...
Babely guys:
Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov -- even better with his Topov
Russian swimmer Aleksander Popov
German ringmeister Andreas Wecker
Aussie diver Mark Murphy
The Italian soccer team (the Italian wrestling team; the Italian cycling
team &c &c)
Babelicious gals:
Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey (my BF will NOT stop talking about her)
Belorussian gymnast Svetlana Boginskaya
Italian cyclist Paola Pezzo
German swimmer Franzi Van Almsick
The Netherlands volleyball team
Brazilian beach volleyball duo
The team medal (men and women) *has* to go to the Russians!
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>: At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
>: Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
>Everyone talks about Nemov as the hunk of Olympics, how about another
>Russian?
And what's so odd about that is that he, like all the other male gymnasts,
is no taller than 5'6". Given how most women allegedly favor taller
men (6'0" and above), Nemov's attractiveness (and he is) is in part
due to the skewed picture we get of him through competition. Face it,
most people would think a bunch of 5'4" guys built like weightlifters
would make for a somewhat freakish scene.
If women want a big, rock-solidly built Russian, how about the
man who took the gold in 100 Kg and over Greco-Roman wrestling,
Aleksandr Karelin? Think of Dolph Lundgren but bald, 30% larger
and every bit as dour and implacable looking.
Man : Alexei Nemov (he should've worn Batman suit during the exhibition)
Best Prospect for Olympics 2000 : Domenic Moceanu
That Swedish diver whose name I forgot (14 yrs old, her mom was also a diver)
What? Vitaly Sherbo.
>
>Woman: Svetlana Khorkina
My two nominations: Some Hungarian Gymnast (obviously didn't fare well
becaus I haven't seen her in a while). She looked about 18/19. She was
gorgeous.
Also, Dominique Moceanu. I know she's only 14, but she's soooo cute. I can't
wait to see what she looks like in Sydney.
Yes... and the most useless and the most ineffective, given the
treasure of technical knowledge of swimming that she must possess.
She hardly enlightened the less knoweledgeable amongst us about
the finer points of swimming techniques and/or the strengths and
weaknesses of various swimmers. Oops, she did tell us all about
Janet Evans's past greatness, past glory and past achievements,
ignoring all of the 6 swimmers that were ahead of Janet. And her
screaming was more conducive to our hitting the "mute" on our
remotes than to make us believe that commentators were adding to
the quality of the broadcast.
Her beauty as a commentator did nothing for me, sorry.
Veena
We got the same taste, buddy. I'll also add Shannon Miller, Lilia
Podkopayeva (how graceful), Dominique Dawes, Svetlana Khorkina,
Fu Mingxia, Becky Ruehl (what a smile), and of course, Gabriela
Sabatini.
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I'm as confused as a baby in a topless bar.
Used to be, until beach volleyball became an Olympic sport. The
divers can forget it now. Game over, man. Game over!!
divers can forget it now. Game over, man. Game over!! :)
Woman: from an objective viewpoint this would have to be the Russian
gymnast Dina Kotchetkova.
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>
> Brian Dell wrote:
> >
> > Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
> >
>
> Man: Aleksei Nemov, in a landslide
>
> Woman: Svetlana Khorkina
You mean Boginskaya?
Did you see her Obliques? I cannot believe her upper body.
>
> Jennifer
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> At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
> Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
> This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
> however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
the Ukrainian Chick who won gold in the Gymnastics and The Russian Guy
Lavinia Milosovici (I think I'm in love ! :)
and Gary Hall Jr. ain't too shabby
Just look at her eyes.
> Everyone talks about Nemov as the hunk of Olympics, how about another
> Russian? The swimmer Alexander Popov, gold medal in both 50 and 100
> freestyle. He looks like a greek god. Come to think of it, lot of
> Russian athletes are drop dead gorgeous ...
Yes! Let's call 'em the Cream Team.
dar
--
Will play tennis for food.
Janet Evans is cute, nice smile but turned me off with the drugs Irish
swimmer controversey.
Babe of the Olympics= Guylaine Cloutier, Canadian swimmer
I'd drink her bathwater.
Your mileage may vary.
Mike
: >: At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
: >: Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
: And what's so odd about that is that he, like all the other male gymnasts,
: is no taller than 5'6". Given how most women allegedly favor taller
: men (6'0" and above), Nemov's attractiveness (and he is) is in part
: due to the skewed picture we get of him through competition. Face it,
: most people would think a bunch of 5'4" guys built like weightlifters
: would make for a somewhat freakish scene.
Well, it is true that most gymnasts, male or female, are rather
short in person. However, Nemov, like his female counterpart Svetlana
Khorkina, is unusally tall for gymnasts. He is about 5' 8". Although not
up to your 6' 0" standard, compared to the All Around Champion Li Xiaoshuang,
who is only 5' 1", Nemov certainly stand out.
Moreover, while given their height and their muscular built, you
may expect most gymnasts look somewhat freakish in person. However, if you
pay attention to their weight, e.g. Li is 130lb only, their excellent
physique is more due to the fact that they are well proportional than
some bodybuilder type bulky mass of muscle.
I know, I know, I'm a pig......
But seriously:
1) Liliya Podkopayeva--she is just plain beautiful
2) Mo Huilan--what a smile
3) Gail Devers--another lady with a beautiful smile, but I can do without
the fingernails (scrrrrratch!) :-)
4) Alison Sydor, the Canadian Mountain Biker
5) Amy Acuff, the American High Jumper--I don't think her event has
happened yet, but _trust me_!
6) Marie-Jose Perec. I always did like long legs. Come to think of it,
Cathy Freeman and Sandra Farmer-Patrick are also very beautiful, Love
that 400 meters!
7) Michelle Smith--being an Irishman myself I'm a sucker for green eyes
and freckles.
8) Amy Van Dyken--she is just SO cute
Fu Minxia is nice looking, but as far as beautiful Chinese divers are
concerned, I really miss Gao Min!
So cute I wish she was my kid sister:
1) Dominique Moceanu
2) Alexandra Marinescu
3) Beth Botsford
I'm not even going to attempt to qualify the guys!
Frank
::Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
I like the Russian gymnast's Alexei Nemov's face and physique (so hard to
choose among those Russian gymnasts). And the American swimmer, Tom Dolan,
has the most beautiful eyes (check out his half-moon dive in the current
Sports Illustrated. Swimsuit Issue, indeed.) and seems like a sweet guy.
The American sprinter Michael Johnson is attractive, too, and I like his
demeanor.
I don't think Shannon Miller is ugly at all. Dominique Moceanu is too
"cutesy-pie". The Irish swimmer Michelle Smith is a good-looking kid.
Actually, of all the women athletes I've seen, I think sprinter Gail
Devers and the Chinese diver Fu Mingxia (sp?) are the best-looking. I like
how Fu seems to have a constant look of amusement on her face.
I don't care for Mark Lenzi at all. He's way too hairy. Greg Louganis may
be gay but he was hot stuff in his prime. <g>
But some of those other women divers...yeesh.
Kanga
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> Greg Louganis may be gay but he was hot stuff in his prime. <g>
>
>
> Kanga
You know, some of us happen to think that being gay is a big point in his
favor... His hair is sort of starting to go gray now, though...
-Lavinia Milosovici
-Roza Galieva
I don't think Devers is running the 200-- would make it hard for the Bronze
Queen to get 'revenge' against someone who is not competing in the same event.
Anyways, I hope she gets gold in the 200, nonetheless-- this is her last
Olympics, and it would be a fitting way for arguably the greatest athlete to
come out of Jamaica to finally win a gold after always getting no greater than
bronze (she got silver in the 100). Go Merlene!
>
>Of course, it's the *performance* of the athletes which is and should
>be in focus, not their looks.
Heck, we know that-- just having a little fun! Lighten up.
Belorussian Boginskaya at 23 has a very feminine figure, as well as Romanian
Milosevich-- whom I think is 19, and definitely has hips! BTW, 23 is ancient
in women's gymnastics...
>comments encouraged, even feminists who want to flame,
>the Swamp Wizard, 83 kg class
>
>
>My vote is for Moceanu, too. Give her a couple more years and she'll be a
>total heartbreaker.
>*growl...*
Moceanu is cute but she's only a little girl still. My vote goes to
the Russian gymnast Roza Galieva with her teamate Dina Kotchekova (sp?)
a close second.
Damien
> If women want a big, rock-solidly built Russian, how about the
> man who took the gold in 100 Kg and over Greco-Roman wrestling,
> Aleksandr Karelin? Think of Dolph Lundgren but bald, 30% larger
> and every bit as dour and implacable looking.
I thought he was quite attractive, in an unusual way. WOuldn't want to
meet him in a dark alley... but maybe in a dimly lit bar ;-)
I also liked the freestyle wrestler who won last night... last name was
Cross. Reminded me of Michael J. Fox, especially when he smiled.
Naomi
Karelin attractive? Well I'll let you women decide that. He's better
than the American he met in the final, though. :-)
I'm more impressed by his performances in wrestling:
- Won every possible title since 1988
- Never lost a match to a foreigner
- Carried three different flags in the opening ceremonies
(Soviet, "CIS", Russia)
At least the third one is pretty unbeatable.
Back to the subject: I renew my vote for jumpers after the women's
triple jump. Including the winner Inessa Kravets (she looked best
during the medal ceremonies when she finally put up a smile).
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I agree with the first choice, but I would put
Dominique Dawe in the second place.
But ABSOLUTELY the gold medal goes to Alexander Popov. He is obviously
the best looking one in the entire game.
--Regina
>de...@gpu1.srv.ualberta.ca (Brian Dell) wrote:
>
>>Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
Ok for the babe side - Annie Pelletier the Canadain Diver, for sure,
if she where a sandwich, she'd be a babewich.
The cutest goes directly to Dominique Moceanu, with out passing GO.
And for the hunk side - Who gives a fuck!
Here's my two cents OO
>Brian Dell wrote:
>>
>> Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
>>
>Man: Aleksei Nemov, in a landslide
I agree! Although I do consider Vitaly Scherbo a runner-up if only
because he lives a bare 200 miles away from me. :)
>Woman: Svetlana Khorkina
Or that van Almsick girl. Sure she's commercialized but there's no
doubting she's pretty.
Dominque Moceanu
Shannon Miller
Rozalia Galiyeva
Janet Evans
Amy Van Dyken
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A question of taste - like Svetlana Khorkina. I note that someone else included
her on their list though!
Chris
> Everyone talks about Nemov as the hunk of Olympics, how about another
> Russian? The swimmer Alexander Popov, gold medal in both 50 and 100
> freestyle. He looks like a greek god. Come to think of it, lot of
> Russian athletes are drop dead gorgeous ...
Best Males: Alexander Popov - Swimming (He takes my breath away)
Dan O'Brien - Decathalon ( I am in total awe )
Best Females - Dominique Dawes -Gymnastics (Classic Beauty)
Svetlana Khorkina - Gymnastics (Great Cheekbones)
Dee
Cheers,
Alex
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I definitely have to agree with RWatkins. Mo Huilan has such a
pretty and engaging face and overall appearance.
From article <rwatkins-310...@mac4.mtac.pitt.edu>, by rwat...@mtac.pitt.edu (RWatkins):
> Women: I think Mo Huilan (sp?), the gymnast from China is beautiful.
> Men: Vitaly Scherbo has the looks I've always been attracted to.
On 31 Jul 1996, Veena A. Gondhalekar wrote:
> Andrew Erich David Meyer <an...@gladstone.uoregon.edu> wrote:
> >
> >It's too bad we didn't have this thread in 1992, the winner would be
> >(by a longshot) Summer Sanders. I guess she'll have to settle for "most
> >attractive NBC commentator"...
> >
> >Andy
>
> Yes... and the most useless and the most ineffective, given the
> treasure of technical knowledge of swimming that she must possess.
> She hardly enlightened the less knoweledgeable amongst us about
> the finer points of swimming techniques and/or the strengths and
> weaknesses of various swimmers. Oops, she did tell us all about
> Janet Evans's past greatness, past glory and past achievements,
> ignoring all of the 6 swimmers that were ahead of Janet. And her
> screaming was more conducive to our hitting the "mute" on our
> remotes than to make us believe that commentators were adding to
> the quality of the broadcast.
> Her beauty as a commentator did nothing for me, sorry.
>
>
> Veena
>
>
>
>
Really. Well, then, who do _you_ (and everyone else who is reading this)
think is the most attractive NBC Commentator? If you're not sure what
they look like I think you can find pictures of them on the NBC Olympic
page at www.olympic.nbc.com. Think "Elfie Shlegel" sounds cute but
you've never seen her? Check out the page. Bud Collins sounds like he
might be a hunk? Look him up, then smack yourself a couple of times. I
still contend that Summer Sanders wins by a mile (or, in her case, a 200
meter butterfly race).
Andy
>However, and this is very catty of me I know, I was watching women's
>diving and could not figure out WHICH of them I found to be more
>UNattractive.
How about Annie Pelletier, the Canadian bronze medal winner?
Elizabeth Shue should play her in the movie.
As for Shannon Miller, if she is "ugly", I'd say roughly 80% of humanity is
"hideous".
My pick for babe of the games is Franzi van Almsick. I got the sense that
Costas was mighty impressed with her looks as well. And I'll just add that
I wish...ahem....Nemov's first name had been Alexandra (with all the
requisite accessories, omissions etc.). There, that wasn't too difficult.
> However, and this is very catty of me I know, I was watching women's
> diving and could not figure out WHICH of them I found to be more
> UNattractive.
The American, Melisa something, has a real nice smile. And I thought the
woman from Khazakstan was very pretty. (It's hard to judge beauty when
they're all dripping wet with their hair slicked back...).
(Didn't catch the men's springboard so I can't judge the male divers.)
Naomi
On 31 Jul 1996, R Weems Jr wrote:
> Brian Dell (de...@gpu1.srv.ualberta.ca) wrote:
> : Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
>
> : At the moment gymnasts seem to be popular, with America's Shannon
> : Miller and Russia's "Iceman," Alexei Nemov in medal contention.
> : This judge awards high marks to Canadian swimmer Joanne Lamar,
> : however (didn't medal in the pool, unfortunately!).
>
> I much prefer the Ukranian gymnast- Podkapoyeva or whatever.
> As far as the male, I've heard girls raving about swimmer Gary
> Hall, Jr. He bugs me with that surfer-boy attitude, though.
>
>
My vote also goes to Podkopayeva (sp?) and also I saw a stunning blonde
beauty play second base for the Australian softball team. Too bad I can't
remember what her name is. As for the men, my gf just swoons when she sees
russian swimmer Alexandre Popov *sigh*.
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No way. those women will have leatherskin inside 10 years.
(the men too, for that matter).
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I'll second Gabriella and Becky Ruehl but I'll add a new lady I have not seen mentioned,
the older Romainian who lost out on the uneven bars when the Chinese girl tied Amy. I forgot her name but
she is a definite keeper. I think they referred to her as the "Mom" to the rest of the Romainians.
>Brian Dell wrote:
>>
>> Who should get the gold for hunk/babe of the games?
>>
>
>Man: Aleksei Nemov, in a landslide
>
well, Aleksei is OK, but I vote for Mary Ellen Clark 8-D
John
I was previously divided between Nemov and Popov but now I
am pleased to say they have been beaten hands down by a
fellow Brit.
Ben Ainslie the sailor is an absolute dream - completely
gorgeous and oozing with charm. OK so he is a bit young at
19 but hey, I could cope!
.....drool!!
Lucy
laurie.
OK, let's start a new thread.
Who do you think was the most "mature and feminine" female gymnast ?
I vote for the 19 yr old Romanian (can't remember her name at the
moment). Unlike most other gymnasts, she definitely required more than
just a training bra. Her shoulders were a little big, but then again,
they had to hold up more weight ;)
I also recall seeing a few years back a Russian (well, some sort of
former Soviet) gal that had a nice hourglass figure - can't remember
her name and I didn't notice her in any of the competitions this time
(she may have been, but I just didn't notice).
comments encouraged, even feminists who want to flame,
the Swamp Wizard, 83 kg class
There are quite a few attractive faces in the olympics but Franziska van
Almsick, German freestyle swimmer, is in a totally different class. Not an
American style of attractiveness though.
Too bad most of you probably have missed her, thanks to NBC's patriotic
coverage. (I had to search thru huge lengths of video tape to get a few
glimps of her.) Just walk into any international magazine store and pick
up a German magazine. Chances are she on the cover. Even Sports
Illustrated has a special on her. Alos try
<http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/4692/franzisk.htm> but the picts there
aren't that great.
Derek.
Nadia did those Jockey ads in the late 80s... <pig mode on> yum yum yum <
pig mode off>
As for the 1996 Babe... I'll put in a bronze or two for Jennifer Azzi,
'Becca Lobo, and the rest of the Women's B-Ball team.
To...@Fred.Net
http://www.fred.net/tomr
It might be true that the average age of the participating
gymnasts are higher than last Olympic. However, if you looked at the
winning circles of this Olympic, Podkopayeva, Amanar and Gogean are the
MAJOR winners this time and they still belong to the younger crop of
gymnasts(Okay, this is also the second Olympic for Gogean but unlike
Milosovici, she was in the team before her peak and never was a force in
Barcelona). Although Miller Dawes and Chow do have their share of the
spotlight, they are certainly overshadowed by the others unless you
watch gymnastic only in NBC point of view
: -J.W.
--Eric "Uh-oh, here comes my wife..." Gjovaag
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> ... what is it with you gyus anyway, when
>U think that a 14 year is a good looking woman (and she doesn't even look
>old for her age ... that's kinda sick methinks)).
No kidding, REAL sick! Infants as sex symbols? Blech!
And hey, as far as I'm concerned, all this hooplah about how sexy and
good looking one or two the Russian male gymnasts are; maybe, but bear in mind
that their well proportioned, heavily muscled bodies... are sitting atop
shrimpy, tiny, 5'2 frames. Want to be in awe of a guy with a great body,
drool over one who's at least 5'8 or so, please! heheheh what is this, Smurf
Love or something?! Betcha you ladies would look great dancing with them...
their heads barely topping out at your ribcage...