> Personally, I hate shaving with a passion...and in some countries,
> the women don't shave their legs. With athletic swimming, though,
> the athletes, male and female, shave the excess hair off of their
> anatomies (possibly even in the groin area), because it has been
> proven that hair is a drag on momentum/movement in the water. That

I am back to letting y head & face regrow itself into the Sasquatch-like fur  covering everyone knows & loves on me! *LOL* My son has the body hair I never  developed, & looks even more sasquatch-y, especially as his feet are like mine  have always been -- a combination of small boats & flippers.

> could keep them from winning a higher award, or in the case of the
> Olympics, a more prestigious medal.

Yup, wins by 0.01 second are not unheard of in the Olympics. (the true "Big O"  for amateur athletes)

> Of course, there's the "blonde joke" of the blonde who won a gold
> medal, but went right out and had it bronzed. 

I think she won it for the 400m breast stroke & complained the other women were using their arms & feet?


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