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Don't you find it odd that the original Olympics were all in the buff, and yet so many people get bent out of shape these days about nudity?
Amanda Beard posed nude again awhile back. The second time was for PETA. Since she's a four-time Olympian, and pretty much naked in the picture, this is obviously becoming big news. She posed for Playboy in 2007 too.
Personally, I don't think it's my right to tell a woman Olympic athlete what she should do. It's her decision.
Since I just read a story on Beard, and the Olympics are on the verge of starting, she has me thinking about this again. So I thought I might dig into the dust bin to find all the Olympians who have ever posed for Playboy - both domestic and international. Many of them are, or were, highly decorated athletes and you'd be surprised !

Svetlana Khorkina - Russian gymnast - 27 international medals
Maria Butyrskaya - Russian figure skater - 1999 singles champion, 2 time Olympic medalist
Katarina Witt - figure skating - 2 time Olympic medalist, 4 time World Champion (only second Playboy to sell out since Maralyn Monroe issue)
Amy Acuff - high jumper - 4 time Olympic competitor
Haley Cope - swimming - Silver medalist 400 medley relay
Ineta Radevi??a -Latvia triple jump, long jump - 2004 Olympian
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block - 2 time world champion sprinter, 2004 Olympian (identified by Victor Conte in the BALCO scandal)
Fanni Juhasz - Hungarian pole-vaulter - 2004 Olympian

Please feel free to Google any one of these athletic Playboy babes and comments are most welcome as always