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Romance and the rings

SIRI AGRELL

From Thursday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 1:31 PM EST 14/08/08

The Olympics are known for bringing people, cultures and sports together. And the athletes' village is where the sculpted bodies really unite ...Read the full article

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  1. Rebel Prince from Berlin, Germany writes: That's hot.
  2. joseph Cheng from Toronto, Canada writes: Why is this a G & M story? Athletes are humans and at their age, they are horny just like any couch potatoes except perhaps, couch potatoes don't even bother to get up and rather have it handed over to them while athletes at least get off their butts and get things going! All power to these athletes!
  3. The Emperor's Paparazzi from Canada writes:
    'testosterone's up and everybody's attracted to everybody'

    A woman pumped up on testerone doesn't whet my appetite.

    I don't watch much Olympics (BTW, when does the Brazilian women's beach volleyball team play?), but when I watched women's synchronized swimming the other night, it seemed that only the Canadian girls had breasts.
  4. Rob L from Vancouver, Canada writes: Congratulations G&M, you are becoming more like a tabloid everyday.
  5. Howard Roark from Whitby, Canada writes: ALTIUS, FORTIUS, COITUS MAXIMUS!
  6. a salajan from To, Canada writes: Ok; let's have a summary of this article.

    Athletes in the Olympic village have sex. We don't know of anyone having sex but there are 11000 sweaty fit (curling team fit?) people bumbing into each other so they must have sex. They send each other emails, and get introduced - they must have sweaty, hot, wild sex for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

    A newspaper article reported a married couple from Edmonton having sex before a ski race. It turns out the story was made up. But it took almost 30 lines in an article about athletes having sex.

    Good reporting. In line with one of the G&M blogs talking about Phelps' big ears and 70's porn star style moustache of Spitz.
    Hey G&M? Leave the sport section to the sport reporters. Fashion, lifestyle and metro specialists should stick to their trend spotting and snob reviews.
  7. Baad Daddy from Northwest Ontario, Canada writes: Can MTV embed --hee hee-- a reporter for reality tv?
  8. John Doucette from Manotick, Canada writes: SIRI, not getting any? Bored? Envious? Don't waste my time!
  9. pirate captain from Toronto, Canada writes: Best Canadian Olympics story I've read so far.
    Maybe we can get a medal in this department.

    Wait a minute, all of the athletes in the story are winter athletes...
  10. Michael Soft from Outerspace, Canada writes: 'Rob L from Vancouver, Canada writes: Congratulations G&M, you are becoming more like a tabloid everyday. '

    You mean it wasn't a tabloid before?
  11. John Connor from Around Town, Canada writes: I'd be more surprised to hear they weren't getting any.
  12. Morgiana Halley from Bangor ME, United States writes: What a waste of energy/ink/paper/pixels! It took a full-length article to inform us that: a) some athletes at the Olympics have romantic encounters; b) some don't; c) many of these liaisons are fleeting; d) some athletes are in committed relationships and find it hard to sleep together in Olympic housing; and e) some tabloids selectively interpret interviewees' comments and report untrue data as fact. Well, gee, *I* would never have imagned all that if you hadn't told me. Scandals seem to be the food of Olympic commentators these days. Television presenters start swim race reporting by telling about how a French swimming champ ran off with an Italian, leaving her coach, who started training a swimmer from another country. then she left the boyfriend, who hooked up with another of her rivals and posted naked photos of her all over the internet. Now she was racing against both women rivals. She lost. Poor woman, but wasn't it almost as bad for her to have the whole thing aired *again* as to have it happen in the first place? What's next? The media waste time telling us who's gay, who's straight, and who's bi? Who cares about their sex lives, anyway? All I care about is who's playing, who wins, and how good the sportsmanship is -- off and on the playing field/pool deck, etc. Oh, yeah, personality counts, but I don't give a hoot who's shagging whom or even whether they do. That's their business. BTW, how did Mark Spitz's mustache style, that was universally popular in his heyday, become a 'porn star' mustache? AFAIK, that style was worn by Spitz, Tom Selleck, Omar Sharif, Bert Reynolds, and my husband, among others. While the acting abilities of the gentlemen may have varied, I wouldn't call any of them a 'porn star,' unless you count Reynolds's well-known nude portrait. My overall comment? Aaaah, phooey!
  13. a salajan from To, Canada writes: Morgiana Halley writes: BTW, how did Mark Spitz's mustache style, that was universally popular in his heyday, become a 'porn star' mustache?

    I don't know...ask Simon Beck...it's his blog. The moustache probably reminded him of Ron Jeremy...yuk! Ron Jeremy and Mark Spitz?
  14. Private Person from Toronto, Canada writes: heterosexist crap. A story about this with no reference to the hookups of the gay athletes? Should have interviewed Mark Tewksbury, who's right there in Beijing. Would have made more interesting reading and might have revealed one fact someone didn't know.
  15. Paul C from Toronto, Canada writes: take heart... the canadians are the fastest in this area :)
  16. ryan rankin from Canada writes: sexy story
  17. Rex Bradley from Oakville, Canada writes: Google Olympic Condom Usage and find out for yourself. Check out the numbers for Sydney. This story is hardly surprising.
  18. Brad Pitt from United States writes: Now I know the problem with the Canadian team and lack of medals - not enough sex.
    Come on Canada - let's get it on
  19. Charlie Delta from Canada writes: Well the Canadian athletes might as well get laid, it's not like they're there to win medals.
  20. The Work Farce from Canada writes: Remember, kids, it's not whether you win or lose, it's snot weather, win or lose. It's not weather you win or lose, it's how you blame the game. It's snot, like it or not. And always remember, win or lose, you're gunna booze. It's not about the hoops, it's about the chicken soups and the ice cream scoops.
  21. J C from Canada writes: Is it too late to train for Vancouver 2010? Anyone know the Canadian sport with the least representation?
  22. Guy from Orillia ! from Toronto, Canada writes: Apparently there's a good amount of STD's shared during the Olympics, too, but more power to them - they're the most likely to bounce back in any event.

    Some of the even butchier athletes are pretty hot, though. What else do the Cdn swimmers have to do now anyways?

    As an aside, I think 'WE' have to start being more supportive and appreciative of our athletes. Elliott Freedman and the like are really irking me with their less than friendly sideline interviews 'Why did you suck in that race?' type of questions. Boo Freedman, BOO!
  23. D Mores from GTA, Canada writes: We need pictures with this story - and plenty of them!
  24. Leigh Broderick from Canada writes: Private Person from Toronto, Canada writes: heterosexist crap. A story about this with no reference to the hookups of the gay athletes? Should have interviewed Mark Tewksbury, who's right there in Beijing. Would have made more interesting reading and might have revealed one fact someone didn't know. _______________Are you serious??!! Heterosexual people can't even discuss heterosexual sex, but instead should be forced to read about gay and lesbian sex? What next, really? What else are you going to shove down our throats? No pun intended.
  25. Alvin Robbestad from Prince George, Canada writes: Why would anyone read this article, then complain on the webposts about the lack of journalistic merit. You can tell by the headline that it is a 'puff piece' human interest story. The fact that you probably read it for free gives you even less grounds for complaint.
    _______________________________________________________Chill out, or screen the headlines better.
  26. Toxic Planet from dead earth USA, Canada writes:
    'China admits to swapping singers'

    FAKES! just like the olympics and the country itself.
  27. kitty kosmetixxx from Canada writes: Once upon a time, I had sex with a man who I later found out was a homosexual.

    Say what?!?!

    But still, don't I get a gold medal for that?
  28. Philip McRae from Vancouver, Canada writes: O....M....G! is this about young athletic adults who have come together{ha ha} to compete as representatives of their respective countries.
  29. Gerry Vee from Canada writes: Is that some kind of romantic pun in the headline where it says that 'And the athletes' village is where the sculpted bodies really unite'?
  30. Ed Biggler from Philadelphia, United States writes: Well, I guess that the Canadians will score in this event, if not in any other.
  31. R. M. from Regina, Canada writes: I suppose the rest of you missed that Couillard was named as the special chaperon for the women's quarters in the Olympic Village. And the rowers, well their 'underfunding' means they have to stay in a hotel away from the village where they can have their own private oar-gies.
  32. Richard Daystrom from Toronto, Canada writes: I wonder if the 100000 condoms will be enough?
  33. kitty kosmetixxx from Canada writes: Richard Daystrom from Toronto, Canada writes: I wonder if the 100000 condoms will be enough?

    They are, until one person uses them all.

    Anyways.....

    I hope this isn't a subliminal message about Canada.

    'We can't offer you professional athletes.
    We can't offer you designer names.
    What we CAN offer you is.... lot's of beaver.'
  34. Paul Smith from stratford, Canada writes: oh, jeez, I'm going back to my book - but maybe I'll see if my wife is still awake first.
  35. Joe V from Canada writes: Is this the Globe and Mail or the Daily Mail? It's so easy to get the tabloids confused these days.
  36. Ricky for a Centrist Canada from Canada writes:
    I notice all these critics of the 'tabloid' are still reading and commenting.

    Hypocrite doesn't begin to describe you.

    Shut up, one and all.

    Seriously.
  37. W L from Canada writes: During every Olympics in recent memory, an article like this with sensational headlines appear - 'Olympic athletes having sex!'. If editors aren't already bored, the readers sure are. As Rebagliati puts it, 'It's like high school.' Grow up, G&M.
  38. Ho Ho from Canada writes: Please please remember to WRAP it before you TAP it. The last thing you want is to share your DNA with a bunch of souless commies. Otherwise you could be watching part of yourself competing 16 years from now. LOL
  39. Mr. Justice from Anytown, Canada writes: Have fun, boys and girls.

    By the time the Harpies of Political Correctness figure out what they 'think' about this, the Games will be over. Enjoy.
  40. Charlie Delta from Canada writes: Look, this is the ONLY way Canada will win in future Olympic games!

    Our hopeless Cdn male athletes will knock up their female athletes to produce subpar Olympian offspring for THEIR countries.

    Our Cdn female athletes will get knocked up by other countries' star athletes and finally produce some true Olympians (USA, China, Australia, France, Korea - please pay attention - it wasn't accidental that the beaver is a symbol of Canada).

    It's COC's new tactic. Support our athletes!
  41. A M from Edmonton, Canada writes: If our athletes can't win, maybe at least they will be able to score!
  42. S Lucht from British Columbia, Canada writes: J C from Canada: Just pick a flag of convenience. Go to Namibia, say, and tell them you'd like to represent their country in snowboarding. Voila!
  43. The Habs from Toronto, Canada writes: I gotta wonder what happens when the poor schmuck loses on the first day of he Games. Are they ordered home or can they stay ? If they are allowed to stay, of course its gonna be a freaking party. I'm sure Phelps can't wait for the number of women from all over the globe that are gonna be lined up.

    Increased funding....nah.
  44. Drawpin Baumbs from North Vancouver, Canada writes: women athletes with crazy bodies lack in the... breast area<
    but what they lack for in knockers.. they make up (twice as good) in the buttox.
  45. Paul Kruger from Vernon, Canada writes: Should this article not be titled 'Sex and the Olympics'? Fell free to call an old-timer confused, but I fail to see where romance comes into it.
  46. Drawpin Baumbs from North Vancouver, Canada writes: they should have an olympic - "sex" catagory by all means (public)
    - imagine the amount of viewers for that sport.

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