Amanda Beard – swim meets are boring

Amanda Beard has won seven medals at three Olympic Games and is hoping to compete in the next Beijing Olympic games in 2008.

She’s was tabbed the “world’s sexiest athlete nude” after appearing in the July 2007 edition of Playboy.

Recently:

I’ve actually talked to my agents a lot about producing my own swim meets where we’d do a couple different swim meets in different locations and mix it up like that — not having your traditional races and having someone like Budweiser or Go Daddy be big sponsors and make it more risqué, make it more fun for the fans to get really into it. That kind of stuff could really draw a lot more people to swimming and then, maybe, they’ll continue watching year-round instead of every four years for the Olympics.

Beard Constantly Swims Against Tide – AOL Sports

Aquatics meets are even duller than traditional gymnastics competitions. I recall the empty spectator bleachers at the USA Diving Championships 2006.

(via Olympic Games blog – Amanda Beard says swimming should be more risque)

Gymnastics is not the only sport trying to find a way to draw spectators.

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