Australian authorities find a dead 39 feet 30-tonne humpback whale washed up in a Sydney seaside swimming pool.
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Too Much Olympics
Mario foreseeing a terrible future when the Olympics are on all the time, via Neatorama
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Elephant crashes pool party
I hate when that happens, via Buzzfeed
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Animated 8-Bit Montage of the Summer Olympic Games
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“Hang your head in shame, John Leonard”
Wow, John Leonard needs to write an official apology real fast, see ESPN
The attack on the little Chinese girl was just hateful.
Some of the Chinese athletes lack a bit of emotion and for that they appear to be easy game for rumours and suggestions. I hope the fella from USA swimming has no ghosts in his closet. Hang your head in shame.
Here’s IOC medical commission chairman, Arne Ljungqvist
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Jon Stewart slams NBC for replacing tribute to bombing victims with Phelps interview
NBC is apparently really making a mess out of the Olympics, opting for tape delay instead of live coverage while still tweeting spoilers live. And then they pissed of Jon Stewart / The Daily Show, deciding ‘to edit a moving tribute to the victims of the 7/7 London bombings out of the opening ceremony, only to replace it with Ryan Seacrest’s singularly pointless interview with swimming champ Michael Phelps.’ See Los Angeles Times
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U.S. Olympic Team Tribute by DJ Steve Porter
Lots of swimming featured, Steve Porter is awesome !
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“Olympic athletes come in all shapes and sizes”
Wow, just wow … visit the BBC and see how you measure up.
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‘No Sex Before Sport’ myth debunked for Olympians like Pellegrini (and Magnini)
Read the International Business Times (I kid you not)
It’s been an old wives tale for Olympic athletes that engaging in sexual activity before competitions can inhibit sports ability ever since ancient Greeks as far back as 776 BC said abstinence, on the other hand, is key for performance enhancement.
The myth, however, has been debunked by experts, according to Reuters, just in time for some athletes competing in the 2012 London Olympics, like Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini.