Sexiest sports stars,
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Cheryl Taplin, U.S.A., retired sprinter. At the end of 2000, Taplin walked away from running. She had torn an Achilles tendon next to her heel, and the recovery was slow. She was low on money. She left track and field because of what others were doing at her expense. Performance-enhancing drugs were in widespread use by her fellow athletes. "It was very unfair," Taplin said. "That's the part that was so aggravating because of all the work I was putting in with training and the mental part -- and the mental part was as hard as the physical part. To a certain extent, you knew who was (using drugs) or had an idea. For the most part, a lot of my friends that I was really close with, we all kind of stopped (competing) around the same time... It was out of hand. We just couldn't take it any more." Taplin came home.
Josefine Oqvist Sweden, international soccer player and Olympian. Below Carin Koch (below), Sweden, golf. She plays mainly on the LPGSA tour.
Inge "The Body" de Bruijn, Dutch superstar swimmer
Anna Willard, U.S.A., steeplechaser. Speaking of the mileage needed to be a top competitive college runner, she says: "I increased five to ten miles every year at Brown. I was 50 to 55 freshman year, 55 to 60 sophomore year, junior year up to 65, and senior year 70 to 75. This fall, I didn't go over 82 to 83. I probably stayed 75 to 80. Of course, I'd take a day off every two or three weeks, so sometimes I'd have a low week. I don't like to focus on the number too much. I tried to see how my body was feeling, which I didn't actually do the best job at. I had an Achilles problem. I had to take four weeks off. Thinking about it now, actually, it was probably a really good thing. I got to take a little time off and that pushes my season a little farther back right now."
Inger Miller, U.S.A., sprint star. Commenting on the drugs scandal surrounding former rival Marion Jones, Miller said: "I'm happy that she has turned the medals over, and there was no fight for it or anything like that," said Inger Miller. At least she's woman enough to stand up and say the truth and do what's right."
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