From Fox News.com
"Fair and Balanced"... (but,isn't one usually just a little larger than the other?)

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Australian athlete Jana Rawlinson had breast implants removed to boost performance in track.
An Australian track star had her breast implants removed in an attempt to boost her chances of winning a medal at the 2012 Olympics.

In a magazine interview, Jana Rawlinson admitted she spent $13,000 in the past 14 months getting her breasts enhanced — only to have the cosmetic procedure reversed.

"Yep, I'm back to being flat as a pancake," Rawlinson told Woman's Day magazine.

The 27-year-old runner said she had the implants taken out because she felt they were affecting her performance on the track.

"Every time I raced, I panicked about whether I was letting my country down, all for my own vanity," she said.

"I absolutely loved having bigger boobs, but I don't want to short-change Australia either. I want to feel the most athletic I can, to know that I'm standing on the track in London (2012 Olympics) the fittest I can be."

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Is this setting a dangerous precedent?

Following this line of thought to it's logical conclusion, could this lead to women having breast reduction surgery merely to be more competitive in sports? Would there have to be examinations of the athletes to make sure they hadn't gone under the knife to gain an unfair advantage over women who choose to compete in the form God gave them? Where can one apply to be such an inspector? Would there be less male eye strain having to be fixed by a woman's gentle smack to the bobbing males head?

I personally think this is a dangerous precedent and am totally against this savage butchery. What do you think?

I don't care what an adult does to themselves. It's their body.

I feel sad that she had to go through all this,,as she should have thought it through before having that done in the first place,,but I don't see where it will effect any GROUP checking,or all around changes in out sports or games..I am sure there blood testing and urine testing is already to much,,lol

I ran track in high school, but I was a skinny kid with no boobs..
really a personal choice what one wants to do to their body. Personally I'll not be going under the knife to change anything..

She did it for psychological reasons, based on what she's said.
I doubt seriously that larger boobs could truly affect a woman's
physical performance (I'm talking in sports, of course :)
(I might admit, however, if they were "too big", it's possible).

Seriously, you don't see many large-breasted women competing at the highest levels in sports such as the Olympics and international competition. Can you think of any well-endowed women in track and field, gymnastics, ice skating or anything else for that matter? And no, Busty Hart running onto an athletic field doesn't count! Can they get out of synch with your stride and slow you down? Do they sometimes cause debilitating back sprains preventing the athlete from always being able to practice or compete to their maximum ability? Do they throw off one's center of gravity?

If you do reference a well-endowed female athlete, could you please post their picture?

I've seen some well endowed women in curling. That an Olympic sport.

alot of women tennis players have big boobs you never noticed this

that's a high output physically demanding sport..broom please..

They can certainly "wrap" their upper torso using "breast binders".
Athletic cheerleaders do this (*not* the "pom-pom" cheerleaders).

First of all, is tennis really a sport or a larger ping-pong game outside?

Secondly, the player usually takes no more than a half dozen steps in tennis and the wildly spinning out of control effect is over before it can really begin to have an effect.

Again, please post pictures.

i guess you have never noticed the sweat pouring off of them..every run is a sprint, stop on a dime to connect with a target going 120 mph..and return it to there desired spot..if it was that easy everybody would be doing it ..lots of money..

It's an old George Carlin joke.

That's a whole lot of trolling to get people to post boob pics. Do your own research. FFS, At 50 something, stop acting like a 13 yo boy!

At your age, one would hope you had a sense of humor as well as a face you weren't afraid to show.

if a woman wants to remove her sweater muppets its her own business

its not much different from those people who put those bigazz o-rings in their earlobes

or guys that split their penis in half

it's kinda grotesque and creeps me out but it' their business


the old Amazon warriors used to remover the breast on the side of their bow arm to keep the bow string from twangin it (youch)

Now there's a woman who REALLY didn't let her tit get in the way.

ONLY ONE WOMAN HAS ENOUGH NERVE TO PLAY IN THIS THREAD???????????????

COME ON, LADIES.

Let's hear what you have to say.

Just have a little fun with it.

This is from Fox news. You know it's not serious. Even Obama tells them there stuff isn't real news.

so she got a boob reduction....and?

man boobs dont count,, the implants are usually a bit less manly, I think they are less of a MUSCLE and more of a squeaky toy.

But not really yellow, seems as if she was RESTORED to what nature gave her,,for the purpose of competing. I would feel different if NATURE Made her endowed and she went under a knife just to compete.