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NY Times: Olympians Strike Pinup Pose, and Avoid Setting Off a Fuss

Female athletes appear to be more comfortable combining sex appeal with athleticism at the peak of their careers. Katarina Witt, a gold medalist in figure skating in the 1984 and 1988 Winter Games, caused an uproar by posing nude in Playboy in 1998, long after she was finished as a world-class skater. Now, female athletes are showing off their bodies in nonsports magazines and making no apologies for it.

If more female athletes are willing to revel in the beauty of the athletic female body like Ms. Acuff, this corner of the blogosphere has no objections.