German Olympians pose nude for Playboy
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Four German Olympic sportswomen will appear as September cover girls for the country's edition of Playboy, the magazine's publishers said.
Sailor Petra Niemann, field hockey striker Katharina Scholz, canoeist Nicole Reinhardt and judo fighter Romy Tarangul will add their names to the growing list of athletes getting their kit off for cash or a cause.
American
Olympic swimming champion Amanda Beard posed naked in Playboy last
year, and in Beijing stripped for a campaign to end the fur trade,
while British athletes have been photographed naked to advertise a
sports drink.
Beijing Olympics coverage | India at the Olympics Germany's Reinhardt, who is pictured with her
legs around a paddle, reassured Playboy
that she had not developed
unattractively large arm muscles during training. "I don't need thick
arms," the 22-year-old said. "In canoeing it's about technique, thank
God." Tarangul told the
magazine men now appreciated she could be good at judo without being an
"un-feminine muscular Amazon." Germany's
Playboy will have four
different covers for the first time when it is
published on Thursday, each dedicated to one of the sportswomen. Images: Add a hint of sex to elite sport, and it's
gold Scholz defended her
decision, the Telegraph reported.
"For me it was a good
opportunity, and maybe when I look back after a few years I will be
proud of it,” she said. “Not everybody can go on the cover of Playboy. I did it because I am
confident of my body and myself." "It wasn't a group
decision, we haven't seen each other. The shooting was separate.
Everyone decided it for themselves.”