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My vote for Hottest Olympian is leaning towards Joey Cheek, whom the US watched win the Gold in men's 500 meters speedskating during last night's telecast.

His victory in the men's 500 meters — a furious sprint — gave the United States its second speedskating gold medal of the Turin Games, adding to the one Chad Hedrick won in the 5,000 meters Saturday.

It was also the second straight 500 victory by an American in as many Olympics. Casey FitzRandolph won at Salt Lake City, but this time nearly fell in his first race and finished 12th.

"He blew everybody away," FitzRandolph said.

Dude sure blows me away...

I think it's the hair. Or a combo of the hair and the complexion. The maturity. Plus he looks good in that little outfit when he speeds around the ice. He's kind of like The Flash (circa Wally West, anyway).

And that Gold metal helps.

Joey, you're just plain hot. Be my Valentine?

Speaking of hot olympians, there's a website devoted to the cause. Be sure to HotOlympians.com for the round-up on the studs of these Winter Games.

Here's a (Bode-heavy) sampling, via QueerClick: