Attractive Olympian Final Foursome: Blond Against Blond

Posted Jul 24, 2008 6:00AM By Matt Ufford (RSS feed)

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The good news: last week's voting FINALLY produced some upsets. The bad news: it was merely because FanHouse and AOL Sports readers continued their trend of voting for whichever athlete was blonder and younger. I swear, I could put a corn-silk wig on a pineapple and it would beat Megan Fox by a 65-35 margin.

We'll get to our Final Foursome (sneak peek in the in the image above) and the voting in just a moment. First, let's look at the three upsets that gave us these Four Non-Non-Blondes.

LAST WEEK

#2 Jennie Finch beat #3 Maria Sharapova, 58%-42%
#4 Christina Jones beat #1 Amy Acuff, 59%-41%

#3 Natalie Coughlin beat #2 Stephanie Rice, 60%-40%
#4 Katie Mocco beat #1 Logan Tom, 60%-40%

Eerily similar percentages across the board. Apparently, three out of five sports fans have the exact same taste in women.

THIS WEEK'S FINAL FOURSOME

#2 Jennie Finch vs. #4 Christina Jones
#3 Natalie Coughlin vs. #4 Katie Mocco

In theory, these should be the closest matchups yet, because voters are finally forced to choose between blonds. But I'm not counting on it. I'm guessing that name recognition will be the deciding factor when voters realize they can't go by their tried and true method of looking at hair color.

Be sure to tune in next week, when Jennie Finch and Natalie Coughlin square off before Jennie Finch wins the Title of Most Attractive Olympian. Rock the vote with your predictability!

Attractive Olympians

Natalie Coughlin: Winner of two golds in Athens, the swimmer is the world record holder in the 100m and 200m backstroke.

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Logan Tom: Named AVP beach volleyball rookie of the year in 2006 and was No. 91 on FHM's list of 100 most beautiful women.

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Christina Jones: Teamed with Andrea Nott to win the gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 2007 Pan-American Games, securing a spot on the U.S. team in Beijing.

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Amy Acuff: A two-time Olympian high jumper who models in her spare time, and has finished No. 1 in the U.S. three times.

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Maria Sharapova: This will be the first Olympics for the Russian tennis star, who has won three Grand Slam titles.

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Jennie Finch: Pitched the USA to gold in 2004. She and her teammates have many fans, none more so than Terrell Owens of the Dallas Cowboys.

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Becky Hammon: The WNBA star from South Dakota will play for the Russian women's basketball team in August.

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Stephanie Rice: The Australian 200m and 400m swimmer took bronze at the worlds in 2007.

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Ana Ivanovic: Serbian tennis player reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 2007 and the 2008 Australian Open final.

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Luciana Aymar Named International Hockey Federation's World Player of the Year four times ('01, '04-'05, '07), helping Argentina to a bronze and silver in the last two Olympics.

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