Finding small-town beefcake in Spain is somewhat easier than in France. Every town has a Club de Natación, which sends swimmers to provincial and national contests. But the photos commemorating their wins are problematic
1. The swimmers tend to be young -- not at lot of grown-up or late-teen musclemen, and when you find them, they're standing behind kids.
Club de Antequera, a city of 41,000 in the mountains of Andalusia, known for its medieval Moorish fortress.
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2. There are boys and girls both, making it hard to separate out the masculine.
Only one suitable candidate in this photo of the Club de Algeciras, a port city on the Bay of Gibraltar. But with those abs, I couldn't resist.
3. There are a lot of people in the photo, making it hard to zero in on the just a few. A winner of the provincial title in Extremadura, a region in southwest Spain, bordering Portugal.
But I've managed to come up with a few gems.
4. Club Ateixo, a town of 30,000 near A Coruña in Galicia. Galicia is known as the backwater in Spain; actors speak with Galician accents to demonstrate that they are "hayseeds."
5. Club Sanlúcar de Barrameda, in Andalusia, population 67,000, known for its beaches and waterfront horse races.
I can't figure out if the person on the right is a kid or a short adult.
More after the break
6. Club Cádiz, population 119,000, a major port city in Andalusia.
7. Provincial winners from Jaén, in southern Spain near Granada. I'm not sure about the pastel-colored swimsuits.
8. Club Carmona, a town of 30,000 near Sevilla, full of Roman and Moorish antiquities. Again I'm not sure if the guy on the right, with the Beijing panda briefs, is a teenager or a short adult.
9. Club Vinaròs, a town of 28,000 in Valencia, eastern Spain. Not a lot of antiquities, so it doesn't get many non-Spanish tourists, but it has beaches and an "escapatorium."
And more pastel swimsuits.
10. Club Sabadell, a suburb of Barcelona, so the main language is Catalan. A buffed swimmer demonstrates that he doesn't need goggles, But the photo crops his basket.
