# Hot, Sweaty Olympic Males **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 17, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321 "2008-08-17T20:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/21 "2008-08-19T04:03:47Z")
I was just watching the Bulgarian gymnast [Jordan Jovtchev](http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=Jordan+Jovtchev&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1) on the rings. Pretty hot. Veteran of five olympics. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/22 "2008-08-19T04:11:06Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Uh, yeah… I just noticed my link redirects to the front page of the site in question, so I’d appreciate it if someone reported it so they could remove it. [Here’s](http://bp2.blogger.com/_hOnLZjbHfMQ/RtP-wi7LqGI/AAAAAAAAACo/9e0ni1C3K3I/s1600-h/pic01.jpg) a link to the same pic somewhere else. [Here are](http://socialitelife.celebuzz.com/images/alexandre.jpg) [two more](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/1176521.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19390335F8FA9CA92A6F978D7238FCCC7339930FDCFC4C15FBB) which I hope work properly. And thank you, **Monkey Chews**. Oh, mercy. [/QUOTE] Link is broken. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/23 "2008-08-19T04:12:32Z")
Oh, my. Apparently young Mr. Despatie is doing better in the last little while than he was previously, and _La Presse_ took the opportunity to post a photo [in which you can tell his religion.](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/zoom.pbs&Site=CP&Date=20080818&Category=CPPEKIN04&ArtNo=80818224&Ref=AR&Profile=6488&show=CPACTUALITES§ioncat=CPACTUALITES&cr=Photo%20AFP&relart=%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20080818%2FCPPEKIN04%2F80818224%2F6488%2FCPACTUALITES) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/24 "2008-08-19T04:43:08Z")
You’re saying he is Jewish? Or are you saying only Jewish men get circumcised? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/25 "2008-08-19T05:04:36Z")
Not quite sweaty yet, but [Louis Smith](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/82064731.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19368FFB0B613D6DEB037812F6641056A885A5397277B4DC33E) of Great Britain gymnastics is seriously hot. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/26 "2008-08-19T05:48:29Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Oh, my. Apparently young Mr. Despatie is doing better in the last little while than he was previously, and _La Presse_ took the opportunity to post a photo [in which you can tell his religion.](http://www.cyberpresse.ca/apps/pbcs.dll/misc?url=/misc/zoom.pbs&Site=CP&Date=20080818&Category=CPPEKIN04&ArtNo=80818224&Ref=AR&Profile=6488&show=CPACTUALITES§ioncat=CPACTUALITES&cr=Photo%20AFP&relart=%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20080818%2FCPPEKIN04%2F80818224%2F6488%2FCPACTUALITES) [/QUOTE] Is there another link? All I see is a close up of his face with a towel over his shoulder. > [@Walloon](#): > > You’re saying he is Jewish? Or are you saying only Jewish men get circumcised? Do you understand the concept of a “joke?” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/27 "2008-08-19T05:54:16Z")
The “joke” only makes sense if he is Jewish, or only Jewish men get circumcised. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/28 "2008-08-19T12:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=Walloon] The “joke” only makes sense if he is Jewish, or only Jewish men get circumcised. [/QUOTE] It’s a relatively common expression meaning “he’s wearing a crotch covering that is very tight and revealing.” Anyway, the photo’s gone – maybe someone else noticed. _I’m_ disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/29 "2008-08-19T12:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lightray] Whups. Looks like that should be [Koji Murofushi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koji_Murofushi) guess hearing chatting about ovaries bursting into flame didn’t really compel me to go factcheck the babbling… have a [full body shot](http://www.nbcolympics.com/mm/photo/sports/general/10/27/55/102755_m03.jpg) (clothed!) in apology. 😉 [/QUOTE] Using Google Images turns up some lovely images of this gentleman. Here’s [a nice view](http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/08/25/sports/25track_CA0.ready.html) from a year ago. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/30 "2008-08-19T13:46:35Z")
[Christian Cantwell](http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/75980523.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19328A71BF6FE301F7D71E774F3C10AA004284831B75F48EF45) is a bear’s bear…jeezopete, I’d sell body parts to get with that… ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/31 "2008-08-19T19:41:01Z")
[FamousMales](http://www.fmforums.co.uk/forums/index.php?showforum=11) has a special Olympics forum. Not every thread has pics and those I’ve seen have been SFW. ETA: So far my new favorite is Greco-Roman wrestler [Andrea Minguzzi](http://www.fmforums.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=100298). ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/32 "2008-08-19T20:05:11Z")
He might have only been in attendance as an observer this year, but Ian Thorpe gets me every single time. What can I say? I love a swimmer’s build and strong nose. See [here](http://www.portrait.gov.au/exhibit/Headspace3/index.htm), [here](http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/king-of-the-pool-takes-to-the-open-water/2006/10/21/1160851187308.html), and [here](http://www.shirtlessmodels.com/shirtless-athletes/shirtless-world-swimming-champion-ian-thorpe.html) for examples. Rowr. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/33 "2008-08-19T21:12:01Z")
[QUOTE=Ferret Herder] Using Google Images turns up some lovely images of this gentleman. Here’s [a nice view](http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/08/25/sports/25track_CA0.ready.html) from a year ago. [/QUOTE] Those be some nice meaty thighs, all right. ---
**Author:** ![KRSOradio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/0ea827/32.png) [@KRSOradio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRSOradio)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/34 "2008-08-20T16:35:35Z")
Phelps is ugly, if you saw him on the street you’d say he’s a skinny white boy with bad teeth and and ugly face. I always wonder why now people will get upset cause I said this, but being ugly doesn’t take away from his ability to swim. But the fact is you find his Olympic medals sexy not his face. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/35 "2008-08-20T17:12:23Z")
[QUOTE=KRSOradio] But the fact is you find his Olympic medals sexy not his face. [/QUOTE] Er…no. No, dear, it’s his _body_. Make no mistake, we can be just as shallow as hetero men - a body like that and you don’t need a pretty face! ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/36 "2008-08-20T22:29:34Z")
How about [Tom Hall](http://www.tomhall.ca/photos.php), Canada’s 1km canoer? I went to high school with him - he’s always been pretty cute. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/37 "2008-08-20T22:31:50Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Er…no. No, dear, it’s his _body_. Make no mistake, we can be just as shallow as hetero men - a body like that and you don’t need a pretty face! [/QUOTE] There’s a lot of gay porn that is based on this fact. I agree Phelps isn’t exactly a looker face-wise, but I’m willing to put that to one side if he asked me for a jump. 😛 I’ve been having big problems with Tom Daley, the 14 year old GB diver, in that his fantastic body means I end up perving him before I realise it has a 14 year old head attached and suddenly I’m a paedophile. I don’t like being a paedophile. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/38 "2008-08-20T23:05:41Z")
[QUOTE=Illuminatiprimus] I’ve been having big problems with Tom Daley, the 14 year old GB diver, in that his fantastic body means I end up perving him before I realise it has a 14 year old head attached and suddenly I’m a paedophile. I don’t like being a paedophile. [/QUOTE] Oh relax. You’re not a pedophile. You’re an [ephebophile](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephebophilia). ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/39 "2008-08-20T23:26:34Z")
Oh, well, that’s much better isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321/40 "2008-08-21T02:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] ETA: So far my new favorite is Greco-Roman wrestler [Andrea Minguzzi](http://www.fmforums.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=100298). [/QUOTE] Oh my. Talk about fan service… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-sweaty-olympic-males/460321.md?page=1)