The American swimmer Mark Andrew Spitts told how forced the Soviet athletes to grow moustaches

The ninefold Olympic champion Mark Andrew Spitts told how deception forced the Soviet swimmers to grow moustaches. Gettyimages.ru © Bettmann "When I left the pool after training, the Russian trainer asked, whether moustaches slow down me. I told: "No, they reflect water from my mouth therefore I broke a world record several weeks ago. I do not shave off them" — Mark Andrew Spitts daily newspaper "The Times" quotes. He also declared that in a year with a smile observed that all Soviet swimmers had moustaches. Mark Andrew Spitts is the first athlete who has won seven gold medals at one Olympic Games (OI-1972 in Munich)...