Recently there was some measure of controversy concerning a photoshoot of Victoria Pendleton, the 2008 sprint world champion.  The photo was based on a prior shoot of Lance Armstrong which, so far as we can tell, did not cause any controversy.  There’s a good article from the Times on the subject, but the whole controversy feels a bit redundant.  I certainly recall an entire issue of sports illustrated from the 1996 Olympics which featured male and female athletes artistically photographed sans clothes, and in Googling for it, I discovered this controversy extends as far back as 1972.  But why stop there when we can go back to the original games where, shockingly, all competition was done in the nude.

Controversial?  Hardly, I’d say this is completely in line with 3,000 years of athletic and artistic history.

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