via Associated PressWe’ve already written at HuffPost UK about how much Olympians get paid for scoring a medal. We’ve even shared the touching reason why 2024 athletes competing in Stade de France ring that bronze bell after getting the gold. But it doesn’t answer the most salient question of the Games ― in such a leotard and short shorts-filled environment, what happens if athletes get a wedgie mid-race/dive/vault/etc? That’s only gymnastics, of course; but in 2004, former Olympic swimmer Amanda Beard told FHM that her sport had its secrets too. Advertisement“I wear a two-piece a lot to train in and I wedge it right up my butt,” she revealed at the time.

Source: Huffington Post August 09, 2024 16:47 UTC