"It tells children that you can make money off your gold medals by posing nude, which is a terrible message," said Olympic medallist Keiko Ikeda.

Right.  Much better to talk to them about sending Daddy to Iraq.
And imagine...making money off your medals posing nude!  I mean, there is so much money for gymnasts to make otherwise...and imagine making money posing nude!  The horror!

As Bill Maher says, "Who will save the children?".

History of Gymnastics

The most popular and oldest of the Olympic Games!

"Gymnos," the Greek word for naked, is the origin for the word gymnastics.



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Makes you wonder if the OOC even knows where these games originated and what the original intent of the games were.

I say ALL the summer games should be played in the nude. I probably wouldn't watch the mens sports, but the womens would be interesting. 8^0