2012 Olympics: Who are you following?
 

I'm watching for Troy Nickerson who wrestled for my SiL's brother in high school. He was an awesome high school wrestler, but injuries cost him at Cornell. He has a great shot of making team USA in April.

I will also be following USA fencing pretty close. Mariel Zagunis will be getting a lot of face time as a returning champion in sabre. This will be interesting because she's always been successful being the underdog. Now we'll see how she handles top billing. Seth Kelsey fences my weapon, epee. I really don't like his style very much. It is ugly and effective. :)

Is anyone any better than this on the still rings ?

John Orozco in the 2012 Olympic trials yesterday



and here he is on the floor exercise

Wow! He is rock solid.

I've forgotten his name already, but some young whippersnapper just beat Usain Bolt in the 100 metre sprint in Jamaica. IIRC Bolt ran 9.83 and the challenger 9.75.

The gauntlet has been thrown down!

Yohan Blake ... and he beat him in the 200 yesterday. Bolt may be done.

You sayin' he's shot his bolt?

:D

Or just biding his time, to peak at the right moment?

Maybe but Bolt was always a little slow out of the blocks relying on running down the smaller guys. Blake doesn't look like someone who gives up a lead. It will be damn interesting to watch. The US sprinters will have a nice view of the action in front of them. :)

The swimmers. It's kind of weird knowing some of the people at the trials.

Cav

The Big Girl
 

Maybe the definition of 'perfect physical shape' are slightly different for Olympic weightlifting contenders, but unless that's a collar of incredibly well-built trapezius muscles around behind her head or maybe a trick of the camera/unfortunate pose, all that can be said about that girl's shape is that it's definitely physical... hardly perfect.

That would depend of your personal standard of perfect. ;)

Exactly. Whose 'perfect' are they using here? Olympic weightlifting contender perfect, which she apparently is? She's not my perfect. Heck, I'm not even my perfect :)

The best thing about the Olympics so far is this - a life size Stonehenge bouncy castle.

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Britain, I salute you.

Just in case you are following Romney's wife's horse ;)