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...bones are another resource - in young children, the tips of the ribs that connect with cartilage are relatively flat, but as a person ages, says Sinclair, "these endpoints become ragged and the cartilage is pitted." It is not clear, however, how easily this wear-and-tear can be detected and, if it can, whether the ribs of a 14-year old would appear much different from those of a 16-year...
...many fans come to beach volleyball for the Carnival-like atmosphere. And at Carnival, clothing tends to be an optional accoutrement. Beach volleyball's female athletes oblige by wearing as little as the cheerleaders. Yes, that means sand - particularly on a rainy day like the Aug. 21 women's final - can sneak its way into uncomfortable places. But the dress code of the athletes helps define the overall ambience. At the table tennis, for instance, the athletes tend to wear shapeless shirts with shorts of a distressingly outdated fashion. Is it any surprise that table-tennis is not a sport...
...decision that female beach volleyball players should don abbreviated swimwear, while the men can wear mid-thigh trunks and a loose tank top, comes from the sport's international governing body, the FIVB. In fact, the regulations specify the maximum amount of a female athlete's rear end that can be covered by her swimsuit. But male sand-spikers decked out like they're about to take on Kobe and LeBron in a little two-on-two? That's completely fine. Maybe I should have stayed away from beach volleyball altogether. I'm still stumped by the sartorial rules...
...about the uniforms? In Beijing, ITTF vice president Claude Bergeret has been telling anyone with a tape recorder that the female table tennis players should not be afraid to shake things up a bit in the wardrobe department. The baggy shirts - the same as the ones the men wear - don't do much to set the female players apart. "We are trying to push the players to use skirts and also nicer shirts...with more curves," he told the China Daily...
...bikini-clad beach volleyball dancers set quite a high bar, but we're with you, Claude, and so are many of the players. "I think women should wear a dress like tennis players, I think our dress is so boring, not sexy," said Wang. And if that doesn't work, the ITTF might want to think about opening up that glue tent to the spectators...