article on sports sex symbols mentions figure skaters
shallah
From "Tarzan" Johnny Weissmuller in the 1930s to Anna Kournikova
today, athletes who seek big-time recognition and the endorsements
that result increasingly know the time will come when they'll need to
tune out the game, turn on the charm, shed their uniform and ... gimme
some SKIN
The naked truth about sports today is that athletes are going
nude.
So many athletes have posed in various stages of undress
recently, nude sporting portraits have become commonplace: Michael
Jordan bearing his briefs ... pole vault record holder Stacy Dragila
bedecked in little more than boots ... basketball star Lisa Leslie
modeling swimsuits.
Some see these images as a celebration of fitness. But they're
often just plain sexy.
Yet nudity is no simple thing. Lopiano said she is angered by the
double standard. Men are usually portrayed in the context of their
sport -- on the field, in action. Women pose in glamour shots, clothed
or unclothed. On the cover of SI, Woods clutches a putter. Kournikova
clutches a pillow.
"It's OK for the media to memorialize the athletic performances
of male athletes while portraying female athletes as sex objects?"
Lopiano asks. "I'm waiting for any sport magazine to run a photo of
Tiger Woods stark naked with both hands covering his genitalia."
~~~
Figure skaters listed at the end among list of sports sex symbols
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johns
> tune out the game, turn on the charm, shed their uniform and ... gimme
> some SKIN
> The naked truth about sports today is that athletes are going
> nude.
I saw a movie last night .. "Lost Souls" .. where
the lead actress wore a heavy black coat. All they
showed of her was closeups of her face. Now, there's
sexy, and then there's ***SEXY***. It's pretty stupid
for the average athlete to go up against that.
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"shallah" <shallahs...@earthlink.net.com> wrote:
> http://www.sacbee.com:80/sports/news/sports01_20001014.html
>
> Lopiano asks. "I'm waiting for any sport magazine to run a photo of
> Tiger Woods stark naked with both hands covering his genitalia."
Me, too! <drool>
> Figure skaters listed at the end among list of sports sex symbols
Only the women, though. I think male figure skaters are in the same
position as many women athletes: maybe they would get more respect as
*athletes* if they did photo shoots that showed off their muscles more
explicitly.
--Ruth <who course has only the purest of motives for wishing those
guys would take their clothes off>
Sandra Loosemore
> I think male figure skaters are in the same
> position as many women athletes: maybe they would get more respect as
> *athletes* if they did photo shoots that showed off their muscles more
> explicitly.
>
> --Ruth <who course has only the purest of motives for wishing those
> guys would take their clothes off>
Yeah, *suuure*. ;-)
At a recent competition, I had a chance to do a close-up inspection of
the costume being worn by one of the guys, but I confess I was
admiring *him* as much as the impeccable tailoring of his outfit.
Earlier I'd seen the same guy wandering around behind the skater's
entrance with his outfit open to the waist, after he'd skated.
Presumably, he was feeling a trifle warm, but so was I. ;-)
-Sandra
jason
"muscular." surya bonaly has more leg muscles than a lot of the guys.
personally, im tired of seeing candelloro and galindo take off their
shirts.
bobek, fontana, krylova in a exotic type way, and most of the women
figure skaters are hot. But, that does not mean they should be posing
nude or anything. yeah, imagine it: "Nude skaters on ice summer tour."
Everyone would be watching the triple jumps really close, for different
reasons though.
Ron Ng
>shirts.
I agree. They are scrawny.
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Candeloro can take off his shirt. Galindo, forget it. Then again, I'm not usually watching
when he's skating so it doesn't matter.
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Sk8Maven
> yeah right. male figure skaters aren't exactly known for being
> "muscular." surya bonaly has more leg muscles than a lot of the guys.
It's really too bad that the ISU banned tights for men, or you would see
that most of the guys have *very* strong legs indeed. You still can see
this in professional skating, especially any competition in which Brian
Boitano participates. That guy has thighs like oak trees.
> personally, im tired of seeing candelloro and galindo take off their
> shirts.
That's a critique of *upper*-body muscle structure, not lower. Candeloro
is rather puny in that department (and might be a more consistent jumper
if he worked on it more, since upper-body strength is so important in
tight rotations and in checking and holding landings). Galindo is
actually a bit better developed in the upper body than Candeloro,
probably because he spent years as a top-level pairs skater (with Kristi
Yamaguchi, if you hadn't already heard that). But *both* of them are a
bit too exhibitionistic.
> bobek, fontana, krylova in a exotic type way, and most of the women
> figure skaters are hot. But, that does not mean they should be posing
> nude or anything. yeah, imagine it: "Nude skaters on ice summer tour."
> Everyone would be watching the triple jumps really close, for different
> reasons though.
Las Vegas used to have a show called "Nudes on Ice". :-)
Maven
Hattie54
>this in professional skating, especially any competition in which Brian
>Boitano participates. That guy has thighs like oak trees.
Maven
Brian said once during a San Fran talk show interview that if he hadn't been a
figure skater, he would have been a speed skater due to his huge thighs .
Harriet
Barbara Hoffman
> jason wrote:
> > yeah right. male figure skaters aren't exactly known for being
> > "muscular." surya bonaly has more leg muscles than a lot of the guys.
As soon as men's tights are allowed again, I promise to check this out on my
own time without pay.
> > personally, im tired of seeing candelloro and galindo take off their
> > shirts.
>
> That's a critique of *upper*-body muscle structure, not lower. Candeloro
> is rather puny in that department (and might be a more consistent jumper
> if he worked on it more, since upper-body strength is so important in
> tight rotations and in checking and holding landings).
Check out Candeloro at the url below. He and other male skaters *are*
muscular, but they're not pumped up in the bodybuilder way. Galindo often
wears tank tops and it's obvious that, although slender, he, too, is
muscular. I remember one of my uncles, a doctor, commenting on Brian
Boitano's muscularity while watching him skate in a T-shirt.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/tokyo/obojanie/Reports/1999Candel/1999CandelCandel.html
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>That's a critique of *upper*-body muscle structure, not lower. Candeloro
>is rather puny in that department (and might be a more consistent jumper
>if he worked on it more, since upper-body strength is so important in
>tight rotations and in checking and holding landings). Galindo is
>actually a bit better developed in the upper body than Candeloro,
>probably because he spent years as a top-level pairs skater (with Kristi
>Yamaguchi, if you hadn't already heard that).
I thought I had read somewhere where Rudy still has a weight training
regimen. He may or may not do it now.
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BaleofAKS
Last night, the HBO series "Real Sports" was promoting their December show; one
of the stories they will cover are athletes who are sex symbols. During the
voice over, they showed a clip of Michelle Kwan skating.
LB
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virg...@visionsnet.com wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:43:12 GMT, Sk8Maven
<sk8m...@home.com> wrote:
>
> I thought I had read somewhere where Rudy still
has a weight training
> regimen. He may or may not do it now.
Yes, he still does weight training, and has added
Pilates work to that.
Amanda
Trudi Marrapodi
> In article <4YDuOXXwOLcu79...@4ax.com>,
> virg...@visionsnet.com wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 14:43:12 GMT, Sk8Maven
> <sk8m...@home.com> wrote:
> >
> > I thought I had read somewhere where Rudy still
> has a weight training
> > regimen. He may or may not do it now.
>
> Yes, he still does weight training, and has added
> Pilates work to that.
>
> Amanda
Hmm. Maybe that explains why he can now do a Charlotte!
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