We may never be elected President of the United States, but every four years below-average-heighted men do get a chance to claim the international stage as Olympic athletes. How much more can we hear about 6'6" rowers and swimmers with wingspans the length of my sofa? The real news story as far as I'm concerned is that these low-riding guys -- who, let's face it, are probably filtered out of 99% of match.com searches -- can go to the Olympics and be among the best athletes in the world. Sometimes being compact works to your advantage. So as these Olympics come to a close, mad props (as the kids say) go out to these men and their colleagues:
Alexandre Despatie -- Silver, 3m springboard; 5'6" (CAN)
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Stephen Abas -- Silver, freestyle 55kg wrestling; 5'5" (USA)
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Jordan Jovtchev -- Silver, rings (men's gymnastics); 5'4" (BUL)
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And even though only Thomas Bimis (GRE) qualifies for this post (arbitrary max height 5'7"), these photos from when he (hugger) and Nikolaos Siranidis (huggee) won the gold medal in synchronized 3m springboard diving are just too charming to ignore:
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Huzzah for the short guys! Today I am proud to say, "I am a Short American."
Ha! That is why I started wrestling, because I was small and there were weigh classes. It is sad that schools are now dropping so many college wrestling teams. Only 80 at division 1.
Posted by: Wrestling Database | Aug 16, 2011 at 03:30 PM
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Posted by: Coach Outlet | Nov 12, 2011 at 09:44 PM