NETHERLANDS: ATHLETICS - A GROUP OF FEMALE ATHLETES POSE NUDE ON A PAY PER VIEW WEBSITE TO RAISE MONEY TO TRAIN ABROAD.

Record ID: 647428

  • Title: NETHERLANDS: ATHLETICS - A GROUP OF FEMALE ATHLETES POSE NUDE ON A PAY PER VIEW WEBSITE TO RAISE MONEY TO TRAIN ABROAD.
  • Date: 13th October 2003
  • Summary: (L!1) GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS (OCTOBER 13, 2003)(REUTERS -ACCESS ALL) 1. ATHLETE MAJKEN VAN REEKEN POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHER ON RUNNING TRACK, TAKING JACKET OFF 2. PHOTOGRAPHER ALEX BOOR TAKING PICTURES 3. VAN REEKEN PULLING SHIRT UP 4. STOMACH OF VAN REEKEN 5. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES 6. HANDS ON KEYBOARD 7. WWW. SPORTMEIDEN.NL ON COMPUTER SCREEN 8. WEBSITE LOADING 9. HOME PAGE SPORTMEIDEN.NL 10. BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES OF NUDE ATHLETE STRETCHING MUSCLES ON RUN TRACK 11. BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURE OF NUDE ATHLETE LAYING ON HONOUR STAND 12. TELEPHONE NUMBER TO GET FULL ACCESS TO SITE 13. BLAK-AND-WHITE PICTURE OF VAN REEKEN WEARING NOTHING BUT HER SPORTS SHOES 14. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) ATHLETE MAJKEN VAN REEKEN SAYING: "My club does not receive any subsidies anymore, but I still want to go abroad for training. I train six times a week and I have no time for a job to earn the money needed." 15. ATHLETE JUMPING OVER BAR 16. TRAINER ADJUSTING BAR 17. DUTCH CHAMPION HIGH JUMPING FRENKE BOLT WARMING UP 18. HIGH JUMPER BOLT JUMPING OVER BAR 19. BOLT SITTING IN CHANGING ROOM POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHER 20. BOLT SITTING BETWEEN HURDLES 21. PHOTOGRAPHER TAKING PICTURES 22. BOLT SITTING BETWEEN HORDES 23. BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURE OF BOLT ON WEBSITE 24. VARIOUS BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES OF BOLT ON WEBSITE 25. (SOUNDBITE) (English) DUTCH HIGH JUMPER FRENKE BOLT SAYING: "Because I study I don't make a lot of money of course, so you spend a lot of time and money for your sport, but you don't get any back. So this is kind of a different way to make a bit of money, but it seems to work really well." 26. SHOTS ON GROUND 27. SHOT PUTTER PUTTING THE SHOT 28. TRAINER JOOP TERVOORT WATCHING 29. SOUNDBITE (Dutch) TRAINER JOOP TERVOORT SAYING: "It is an incentive to the Dutch Royal Athletics Union and the government that when they cut subsidies in this way, everybody will have to pose nude in order to finance their sports" 30. BLACK AND WHITE PICTURES OF SHOT PUTTER ON WEBSITE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th October 2003 12:00
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  • Location: GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Reuters ID: LVA29XZJW6FGIJDEGWV6L1KPZPA6
  • Story Text: Female Dutch athletes are posing nude on a website
    to fund training abroad during the winter after cuts in subsidies
    left them out in the cold.




    A group of young Dutch sportswomen have come up
    with an innovative way for raising money to enhance their
    future careers by stripping for a pay-per-view website.

    Subsidies to the Royal Dutch Athletics Union were cut
    heavily this year giving athletes, many of them still
    students, a hard time to scrape together money to finance
    their ambitions.

    Several athletes, a trainer and a model photographer
    joined together to create a website displaying the
    sportswomen at their best - in their full glory.

    Some 250 photos of six women are shown on
    www.sportmeiden.nl, which includes a section free of charge
    of photos. But full access to the website costs 80
    eurocents ($0.943) a minute. Junior Dutch champion in the
    800-metres run, Majken van Reeken is one of the athletes
    that took part in the project. Majken aspires to attend
    winter training in Portugal, but lacked the financial means.

    "I train six times a week and I have no time for a job
    to earn the money needed," van Reeken said. Dutch athletes
    enjoy travelling to Spain, France, Portugal, South Africa
    or the Canary Islands to prepare for the new season in the
    sun.

    The Netherlands' 23-year old high jump champion, Frenke
    Bolt, also features on the site. Bolt believes the project
    is unique and has proven to be successful to date.

    "Because I study I don't make a lot of money of course, so
    you spend a lot of time and money for your sport, but you
    don't get any back. So this is kind of a different way to
    make a bit of money, but it seems to work really well,"
    said Bolt.

    Foundes of the site, which has been visited about one
    million times a day, said there was enough interest to add
    new photos each week. Some male athletes have begun to show
    interest in taking part in the project. Those looking for
    pornographic pictures, however, may be disappointed.

    A note at the bottom of the homepage of the site says
    that anyone looking for more than artistic nudity should
    leave.

    "It is an incentive to the Dutch Royal Athletes Union
    and the government that when they cut subsidies in this
    way, everybody will have to pose nude in order to finance
    their sports," said co- founder of the site, trainer Joop
    Tervoort. The site has also be translated into English:
    Dutchsportgirls.com


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