The 2004 Olympics were noted for the large number of female Olympians who posed nude-following in the footsteps of the 2000 Matildas and the Omni calendar.

She is muscular, with the kind of athletic look often found in female Olympians: ruddy cheeks, white teeth, a dark blond ponytail.

Unlike their N.B.A. counterparts, Cash and the female Olympians are not surrendering to hysteria, disavowing their national team commitment and fleeing to the golf course.

During his presidency, Samaranch has increased the number of female I.O.C. members from zero to 13 and the percentage of female Olympians from 21 percent to 42 percent.

Afghanistan's two female Olympians, the first in its history, paraded proudly behind their flag.

The leading British female Olympians is track cyclist Victoria Pendleton who, from 2008-2012, won two gold medals and one silver medal.

Qatar made one of its first female Olympians, Bahiya al-Hamad (shooting), its flagbearer at the 2012 Games.

Furthermore, with the number of female-only teams rapidly increasing in the younger age brackets, there is, conversely, a concern that the next generation of female Olympians will be less rugged.

Bauerle has coached 11 female Olympians and 88 SEC individual champions.