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Took me a while to figure out the headgear:

South Korea's Nam Hyun-hee concentrates in the womens fencing individual foil competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games August 18, 2004. Nam was dropped from the country's national team because she underwent plastic surgery that included receiving cheek implants, local media has reported. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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The cheek surgery caused her to miss several days of practice because of a swollen face. This angered her coaches and South Korean fencing officials

It's easy to see why.

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"We have to be more strict in the management of our athletes. For instance, what are other athletes thinking when a fellow athlete is lounging around because of plastic surgery?," Oh Wan-gun, the director of the Korean Fencing Federation said

Oh Shut Up.

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The cheek surgery caused her to miss several days of practice because of a swollen face. This angered her coaches and South Korean fencing officials who said she should not have put improving her personal appearance ahead of her commitment to the team.

They're a touche-y bunch.

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Along with the eye surgery, she also decided to have a little work done on her cheeks to increase their amplitude, South Korean media reported.

Trying to see the downside here.

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On the other hand, North Korea fencing team practices with Barbed Wire Fencing.

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They made her nose bigger so she could have PICK IT Fencing.