Their hand-eye coordination is off the charts. They are the hairstylists of the Summer Games, at the service of any Olympian in the athletes' village in need of grooming and on a mission to substantiate that old sports mantra: look good, feel good, play good.
I'm not going out there looking scrappy, Aphiwe Dimba, 23, a goalkeeper for South Africa's field hockey team, said as she settled into a stylists' chair last week. It gives me more confidence after I get a cut. You never know who is taking your picture.
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