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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...could hardly be called glamorous. Svelte swimming star Inge DeBruijn is not going to try it. Some of the women - notably the Russians - make a valiant effort at catching the eye of, say, Nike marketing execs, with upswept hair, lipstick and mascara. One Argentinean lifter even had a tiny diamond in her nose. And some of them really are babes. Huge babes. (OK, I saw a couple of hairy armpits, but no moustaches.) But it's to no avail. The beauty is in the raw power. (See TIME's upcoming Notebook section for another reason why makeup on these ladies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Women Get a Lift at the Olympic Games | 9/22/2000 | See Source »

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