Tanith Belbin

If Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso's performances in the Women's Downhill weren't to make your feminist heart swell with Olympic pride (what are you, a robot?), Tanith Belbin might do the trick. In an interview with The New York Times' Juliet Macur earlier this week Belbin discussed the pressures that female athletes in her field, Ice Dancing, face to stay thin and how her Olympic chances have improved since she decided to listen to her body and stop worrying about how her thighs look those tiny little dancing get ups.