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ButterflyBlood

(12,644 posts)
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 03:05 PM Jul 2012

What sport has the hottest athletes?

I've always like watching women's beach volleyball but probably the best looking women at the Olympics are the swimmers, even if they dress a lot more modestly when actually competing. But they always look GREAT on the medal stands.

Also I've always loved the figure skaters at the winter olympics, unsurprisingly they always have some great legs.

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What sport has the hottest athletes? (Original Post) ButterflyBlood Jul 2012 OP
Female beach volleyball. I only watch it for the athleticism n/t shadowrider Jul 2012 #1
Among the menfolk, water sports MountainLaurel Jul 2012 #2
Mens gymnastics tjwmason Jul 2012 #3
Yes, those guys followed by the guys who swim or dive. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #7
Wet t-shirt OffWithTheirHeads Jul 2012 #4
Naked co-ed stoned and drunk volleyball on a cliff side in December. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #5
Cycling JonLP24 Jul 2012 #6
competitive sauna Enrique Jul 2012 #8
Hockey!!!! Myrina Jul 2012 #9
Definitely! GoCubsGo Jul 2012 #16
Women's Swimming. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #10
I second female beach vollyball Taverner Jul 2012 #11
Given the physical condition one has to be in to compete at the Olympics mythology Jul 2012 #12
Rythmic Gymnastics, but maybe it's just the make up jakeXT Jul 2012 #13
Men - the swimmers! But heck, they're all pretty hot. I mean, they have perfect bodies. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2012 #14
never mind harmonicon Jul 2012 #15
I honestly couldn't say, I just read the articles and short stories. n/t A Simple Game Jul 2012 #17

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
6. Cycling
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 03:51 PM
Jul 2012

They gotta be hot wearing those suits bicycling at high speeds outdoors in the summer though it did rain last race I saw.

Soccer is another, all that running outside.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
8. competitive sauna
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 04:03 PM
Jul 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Sauna_Championships

The World Sauna Championships were an annual endurance contest held in Heinola, Finland, from 1999 to 2010. They originated from unofficial sauna-sitting competitions that resulted in a ban from a swimming hall in Heinola. The Championships were first held in 1999 and grew to feature contestants from over 20 countries. Sauna bathing at extreme conditions is a severe health risk: all competitors competed at their own risk, and had to sign a form agreeing not to take legal action against the organizers. Notably, the Finnish Sauna Society strongly opposed the event.[1]

After the death of one finalist and near-death of another during the 2010 championship, the organizers announced that they would not hold another.[2] This followed an announcement by prosecutors in March that the organizing committee would not be charged for negligence, as their investigation revealed that the contestant who died may have used painkillers and ointments that were forbidden by the organizers.[3]
 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
12. Given the physical condition one has to be in to compete at the Olympics
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 06:00 PM
Jul 2012

pretty much all of the endurance events. Things like shooting or weight lifting that don't require aerobic exercise over long periods tend to have less of the lean form that I find most attractive.

That said, I don't consider the attractiveness of the athletes as part of the reason to watch the games. Watching people at their peak play and compete is more than reason enough.

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