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Russia:Players' Wives Give Team Lucky Strip(wives go naked to cheer up hubbies)
Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | 06/10/04 | Sonia Oxley

Posted on 06/15/2004 4:01:11 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Players' Wives Give Team Lucky Strip

Thu Jun 10, 2:27 PM ET

By Sonia Oxley

MOSCOW (Reuters) - If Russia win Euro 2004 the players will thank their lucky strip -- a nude photo-shoot by their wives.

Nine wives and girlfriends undressed for the cameras to encourage their men to win matches at the tournament being hosted by Portugal. Only a strategically placed placard featuring a photo of their partners offered some cover.

Daily newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda is printing one of the photos on a full page every day hoping they will inspire the players at the tournament starting on Saturday.

"The wives have done their part, now it's the men's turn," said freelance photographer Svetlana Yeriklintseva, who came up with the idea for the pictures when the women told her they wanted to lift the team's spirits after a bad result.

They hatched the plan after Russia hit a low in April, losing to Norway -- who did not even make the finals -- for the first time in their history. Yeriklintseva said it was time to show some beautiful Russians to the public.

MORE STRIKING

"Our press publishes a lot of pictures of wives but not of (those married to) Russian soccer players. Most often it's (England captain David's wife) Victoria Beckham...," she said.

"I believe that our girls are considerably more striking and I wanted this to be reflected in the photographs."

Yeriklintseva said the women, who have been allowed to travel to Portugal to see their men, needed little persuasion. Some had worked as models and were used to being photographed but for others it was their first time.

The women are pictured in graceful black and white poses, with nothing but their man's picture to protect their modesty.

"They cover up more than a mini-dress," said Yeriklintseva.

Among those taking part were Russian captain Alexei Smertin's wife Larisa, goalkeeper Sergei Ovchinnikov's wife Inga and defender Vadim Yevseyev's wife Tatyana.

Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent Svetlana Khrustaleva said some players were reluctant for their partners to pose. But striker Dmitry Bulykin could barely wait for his girlfriend Oksana Kuptsova to strip.

"He was really keen -- he gave a white toothy grin and said: 'Please, Oksana, it will really warm me up.'," Khrustaleva said.

Russia play Spain in their opening Group A game on Saturday in Faro and will also face hosts Portugal and Greece at the tournament that runs until July 4.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: encouragement; euro2004; nudephoto; nudewomen; russia; soccer; team; wife
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To: IowaHawk
Easily half the pole workers at Chicago's "gentlemen's clubs" are Russian chicks.

Have you been polling the pole workers? :)

21 posted on 06/15/2004 4:57:26 AM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: WorkingClassFilth
Then what the heck happens to them as they age?

Cabbage?

22 posted on 06/15/2004 5:05:21 AM PDT by dwilli
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To: Mike Bates
Have you been polling the pole workers? :)

I'd rather be pole-ing them. Oddly enough, many of those pole polishers are Polish Poles.

23 posted on 06/15/2004 5:10:01 AM PDT by IowaHawk
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Woof. Go, go, go, team! Your loving wives have a wonderful way to tell you how much it means to stay in training and keep winning!

I hope this catches on for professional sports here :-)

24 posted on 06/15/2004 5:55:43 AM PDT by T'wit (Anyone who tries to get in touch with his inner child will be sent to his room without supper.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Tear down this wall changed to TEAR OFF THOSE CLOTHES.


25 posted on 06/15/2004 5:56:28 AM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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To: JackDanielsOldNo7

Not to be a buzzkill, but that phrase was directed toward Gorbachev - I have no desire to find out what else may be wine-stained on him.


26 posted on 06/15/2004 6:01:41 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
This is what I think of you, sir. EEEEEW!


27 posted on 06/15/2004 6:15:11 AM PDT by Xenalyte (This dog bite me.)
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To: Xenalyte

You'd be amazed how often I hear that from women.


or maybe you wouldn't...


28 posted on 06/15/2004 6:18:48 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: WorkingClassFilth
Then what the heck happens to them as they age? Most of them look like they've laying concrete with their faces for forty years.

Climate. Cold, dry air is hard on the skin. In humid places like Houston there are forty year olds that you have to take a second look at to realize their age.

The other day I flipped on the TV and they were interviewing a woman trying out to be a Texan cheerleader. There seemed to be something not quite right about her but it wasn't readily apparent what it was. Finally I heard them say she was a forty years old.

29 posted on 06/15/2004 6:30:34 AM PDT by hopespringseternal (People should be banned for sophistry.)
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To: hopespringseternal; Bacon Man

And that is the reason I won't leave Houston. I enjoy being mistaken for my teenage daughter Dale.


30 posted on 06/15/2004 6:46:03 AM PDT by Xenalyte (This dog bite me.)
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To: alpha-8-25-02

"Next... svim vehr!"


31 posted on 06/15/2004 6:58:32 AM PDT by Paradox (Occam was probably right.)
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To: Oeconomicus
***Just be careful going to this website***

The pictures were great! But...the data mining software that seems to have come along with it wasn't. My computer locked up when I closed the link.

I ran Ad-aware and Spybot Search and Destroy and found 8!!! new data miners.

32 posted on 06/15/2004 7:03:12 AM PDT by GBA
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To: Xenalyte; hopespringseternal

And introducing Susan Joyce and Nancy Reeves.

Susan this is Nancy, Nancy this is Susan.


33 posted on 06/15/2004 9:03:14 AM PDT by Bacon Man (Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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To: Bacon Man

Y'know, I Googled the phrase "teenage daughter dale" and got NO hits. What up with that, bee?


34 posted on 06/15/2004 9:18:09 AM PDT by Xenalyte (This dog bite me.)
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To: Xenalyte
Y'know, I Googled the phrase "teenage daughter dale" and got NO hits. What up with that, bee?

I know. I tried many variants looking for the picture of Susan and Nancy being introduced with no luck. Searching Kentucky Fried Movie turned up alot of pictures but not what either of us were looking for.

35 posted on 06/15/2004 9:41:34 AM PDT by Bacon Man (Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat.)
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To: Bacon Man

The shame, that such a fine movie should go un-screen-capped.


36 posted on 06/15/2004 9:45:13 AM PDT by Xenalyte (This dog bite me.)
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To: alpha-8-25-02

Why? Did RR remove Western propaganda that go to deepest of villages and find oldest, fattest and uglist of woman to show Russian "average"?


37 posted on 06/15/2004 9:50:34 AM PDT by RussianConservative (Xristos: the Light of the World)
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To: WorkingClassFilth

Most stay beautiful. Go to Russia and see of yourself...or to Russian community in America.


38 posted on 06/15/2004 9:53:05 AM PDT by RussianConservative (Xristos: the Light of the World)
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To: RussianConservative
Most stay beautiful. Go to Russia and see of yourself...

HA!!!

39 posted on 06/15/2004 9:55:55 AM PDT by stuck_in_new_orleans
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

What ha?


40 posted on 06/15/2004 9:57:21 AM PDT by RussianConservative (Xristos: the Light of the World)
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