“It may have arguably been the first time in this summer’s Olympics a tape delay would have been useful. On Wednesday NBC’s underwater camera captured a women’s water polo player briefly exposing another player’s breast to shocked reaction from viewers watching live at home.” Read MailOnline
Oh my god, it almost turned into a Danish beach !! :-D
(NSFW, don’t watch this if you cannot handle a brief flash of distance sideboob)
“For veteran freedivers, spearing a giant yellowfin tuna is an ultimate goal, but one rarely fulfilled because the fish are so swift and elusive. But Wendell Ko, 51, recently bagged an 188-pound yellowfin, on a single breath, off Kona, Hawaii. And he accomplished this feat while surrounded by circling sharks.” Read The GrindTV Blog.
The controversy over the dual Olympic gold performances by Chinese swimming sensation Ye Shiwen has been decried by China as a case of Western pettiness. Read and watch CNN.
Well, I guess it is better than a retirement smoke ;-)
Dwyer ordered a Quarter Pounder, two six-piece chicken nuggets, french fries and a McFlurry ice cream sundae. Berens, according to his Twitter photo, went even bigger: Two Quarter Pounders, a Big Mac, a six-piece nugget order, two french fries and a McFlurry.
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Finally!!!! The end of season celebration dinner! mcdonalds!! Yes all for me! say.ly/dDN3SJg
— Ricky Berens (@RickyBerens) July 31, 2012
A world’s first, when Aussie swimmer Emily Seebohm failed to take gold in the Olympic 100 backstroke, Monday, she gave an excuse few had expected. Read The Sydney Morning Herald via Digital Trends
“I guess when you swim that fast in the heat, then people put pressure and more pressure on you, saying, ‘Oh, you’re going to get the gold.’†Seebohm told Australian reporters after her loss. “Maybe I just started believing that and just thought I’d already won by the time I had swum and I hadn’t even swum yet.
“I don’t know, I just felt like I didn’t really get off (social media) and get into my own mind.â€
Wow, read News-Press via boingboing
Wallace Weatherholt, 63, was leading a tour of Florida’s Everglades when he allegedly reached over the side of his boat to feed a fish to an alligator. The 9-foot alligator bit off Weatherholt’s hand at the wrist. Weatherholt was subsequently charged with a misdemeanor for unlawful feeding of a gator.
And 5 of them are swimmers, so proud! See Buzzfeed
See Mr Coe, this is how to do it, via the Los Angeles Times:
Congrats to Michael Phelps for breaking the all-time Olympic medal record. You’ve made your country proud. -bo
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 1, 2012
