“Continually gets the highest TV ratings, every Olympics? Just a thought.)”
Well, it is immensely more artistic than skiing off a cliff or sledding down a hill. IMO, skating and hockey are the only events in the winter Olympics that are worth doing.
It is true that the skaters wear revealing costumes, but it is not necessary to regard that as salacious, lascivious, libidinous, or lustful—unless, of course, you want to, which is your right.
You said it.
Young, fit females, usually between about 14 and their early 20’s, wearing what looks like next to nothing. (In reality, the vast majority of them are wearing full-body flesh-colored bodysuits under their next-to-nothing outfits. They are, in essence, fully-clothed-it just doesn’t LOOK like it. Why? It’s frikken ICE. It’s COLD out there!)