Multiple Olympic swimming champion Mark Spitz from the USA was famous, for his constant mustache
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00:00 Multiple Olympic swimming champion Mark Spitz from the USA was famous, among other things,
00:10 for his constant moustache.
00:13 According to Spitz himself, one day the coach of the Soviet national team asked if his moustache
00:20 slowed down his movement in the water.
00:24 The athlete jokingly replied that, "On the contrary, the moustache removes water from
00:32 his mouth, helping the body to be more streamlined, and ultimately only increases speed."
00:42 The next year, all Soviet swimmers arrived at the next international competition with
00:49 the moustache.
00:51 (chewing)