The Supple Flesh of a Champion

My tremendous thanks to everyone who turned out for last night's live performance in Soho, at which I hopefully did a passable job of explaining Yuriy Sedykh's physical genius. There was one technical hiccup for which I must apologize, though—the video of Sergey Litvinov, the Soviet Union's golden boy of the hammer throw, cut out after a mere six seconds. As promised during my on-stage recovery from the mini-disaster, I'm posting the clip here for your perusal. The highlight is the masseuse's expression.