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Here's some eye candy of this Olympic superhero (courtesy of Google image search):

Has anyone else noticed how much speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno's awful facial hair looks like *shutter* a vagina?

I'm serious. Look at that thing!

The real question, though: Does that mean he has a large lesbian fan base?

It's official: Joey Cheek is my favorite hero and hottie of these Winter Games. (20sum to Bode: Go home!) While there's a TON of photos of my favorite speedster over at NBCOlympics.com, I found these three pre-Olympic goodies via a Google search. That second one? You know he was posing for me.

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:

These '06 games are off to a great start. Here's my two cents on the first few days of my favorite international spectacle:

• Friday night's televised opening ceremonies -- a spectacle (there's that word again) so gay and silly, and yet so awe-inspiring -- knocked my socks off. There was literally so much fire that you have to call the event flaming. I spent the first few hours with a few co-workers, and we offered running commentary on the decidedly odd performances and the fashions of the parade of nations. I made it home somewhere between "K" and "U" and watched the rest of the parade and ceremonies with my housemate. At times, very cheesy, but so fun. Yoko Ono? Bad. Susan Sarandon? Out of place. Peter Gabriel? Scary-looking, but still has that amazing voice. But the real questions I am left with: Who designed the Power Ranger outfit for the dude who started the ceremonies? What was up with the disco soundtrack during the parade of nations? (In case you missed them, you can view a very US-centric photo gallery on the Detroit Free Press' website.)

  

• Yeah, yeah. Drunk skier Bode Miller is hot. We all know this. I give him five more minutes until he's grotesquely adored to Jake Gyllenhall proportions, and I deem him overrated and undesirable. (I'm already starting to favor Skier/Footballer/Model/Playboy Jeremy Bloom -- even if he's dating The Real World San Diego's Cameran.)

• Kwan is gone. The overrated -- but extremely cute -- twenty-five-year-old American skater withdrew from the Olympics just this morning due to injury. Oh, Michelle. Why do we waste so much press on you?

• Boston's finest, Marco Sturm, Bruins forward, also withdrew from the games due to injury.

• Though I rarely pay attention to who wins, the US has it's first Gold in '06 -- Chad Hedrick will take home the metal in 5,000-meter long-track speedskating. For those who don't know, the 28-year-old Texan had never competed on ice until three years ago. Known in the world of (non-Olympic) inline skating (read: rollerblading), Hedrick was inspired to switch gears after seeing a friend in the '02 games (or at least that's what Bob Costas told me). Yay for Chad. He has a very sexy southern drawl and is pretty cute to boot, therefore he deserves to be a hero.

• My favorite Olympic event, curling (don't you laugh), hits the ice Monday. Sweet!

So there you have your 20sum Olympic Wrap-Up. What did you think of the opening ceremonies? What is your favorite event? Who is your favorite hot Olympian?