8/8/8 at 8 pm: the games of the 29th olympiad, beijing

Togo's Benjamin Boukpeti made Olympic history on Tuesday with a bronze medal in the single kayak.
he is the first athlete ever to win a medal for Togo in any Summer Games.
"I tried to give people some entertainment," he said. "I tried to make them vibrate a little."

China's Zhong Man celebrates after winning the men's individual sabre final match over France's Nicolas Lopez (unseen) on August 12, 2008 at the Fencing Hall of National Convention Center at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Zhong, 25, gave China their second Olympic fencing title, 24 years after Luan Jujie won the foil in Los Angeles in 1984.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20080812/0013729ece6b0a0bcee81e.jpg

<3 Fencing Hall of National Convention Center

alex moulton+olympics=way to do it

fuc the 'discipline' of announcershi[p

http://www.marksiano.blogspot.com/

http://www.pandamessenger.org/content/images/stories/olympics/sculpture6.gif

http://i33.tinypic.com/2nu26mp.jpg

haha wow
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-sp-beijing2008-graphics-mg,0,2811448.gallery

shawn johnson cast in butter

xox butter shawn

you better believe we watched kayaking and swimming and running and shotput at work today

http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/fencing_08_15/fencing7.jpg

ok michael phelps wow

otm

mom phelps lol

9.69 holy shit hurray!

michael phelps makes the impossible possible; usian bolt makes it look easy
http://ap.google.com/media/ALeqM5h1NCSHVN7iHJiGG8Q-DQ5485Tikw?size=m

out in front, mugging, gold+world record

lxy: "i'm glad for him but i might get tired of looking at him."

however i will never tire of looking at his golden shoes

Bolt's father said "yam power" won it for his son.

also i will never tire of churandy martina's golden teeth

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0dU67YAbEe7iS/610x.jpg

http://www.showchina.org/en/olympics/Voices/200712/W020071207322398959026.jpg

"the 1500 swim is the super bowl to australians." really?

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/qindaodelayedstart.jpg http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/qingdao2.jpg

ah cutie polska volleyball players, making me proud of the mother country

when the rowers cross the finish line a car horn goes off. or what sounds like one

we know. some guy's behind the wheel of a Chery having the time of his life

At the water polo stadium, the players...jump into the pool and swim toward opposite ends. The whistle blows, the ball is dropped between the teams, and they swim toward the center. All the while, the theme from “Jaws” plays over the speaker system. This repeats at the beginning of every period, multiple times a day.

friends and loved ones, this is a picture of the torch and the moon, and it is worth looking at

more posters, summer only, 64-80 still awesome

naomi yotsumoto stylish ping pong getup
http://www.designverb.com/wp-content/images/2008/01/Naomi.Yotsumoto.jpg

more bmx plz

;_; low low jones ;_;

lxy: "mary carullo looks like hugh grant"

i like em both a lot but shawnie deserved a gold and saying shes not cute is bizarre especially when your evidence is "she looks like a chipmunk" welllllll a lot of chipmunks are cute

-- max, Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:38 PM (25 minutes ago)

max otm

Wed 20 Aug 08 | 00:48 GMT Update on wife's Olympics Fever: "I can't wait to see where Mary Carillo takes me tonight!" Temperature is 103. | twitter.com
Tue 19 Aug 08 | 05:41 GMT Can't understand why Mary Carillo is a TV olympics anchor - Her voice is nearly unintelligible . | twitter.com
Mon 18 Aug 08 | 01:05 GMT Nevermind, it was only Mary Carillo doing Olympics commentary on television. | twitter.com
Fri 15 Aug 08 | 14:10 GMT I can't wait for tonight's Olympics coverage to see how condescending Mary Carillo can be about a *GASP* foreign culture! | twitter.com
Fri 15 Aug 08 | 01:59 GMT Almost nodded off watching the Olympics. Luckily awoken by Mary Carillo's haunting baritone talking about panda reproduction. Thanks NBC! | twitter.com
Fri 15 Aug 08 | 01:54 GMT really not a big mary carillo fan doing her thing at the olympics. i am pretty sure she could kick bob costas ass. | twitter.com
Thu 14 Aug 08 | 00:58 GMT Mary Carillo should stick to tennis. Her feature color pieces at the Olympics offend all my sensibilities. | twitter.com
Wed 13 Aug 08 | 22:09 GMT TV Junkie: Wednesday: Dear NBC, please remove Mary Carillo from all Olympics broadcasts. She towers ove.. http://tinyurl.com/62tldv | twitter.com

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USAIN BOLT IS THE MOTHERFUCKIN MAN

haha lx

love u usain bolt

St Louis 1904. US gymnast George Eyser won two golds, a silver and a bronze with a wooden leg.

wow BMX!!

at this point i go once a year
it's cool cuz it's free
but it's family time

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/lightsuitguys.jpg

http://fenyu.org/blueprint-for-the-2012-london-olympic-venues/

next up:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2884007520_0e05f7c6ec.jpg?v=0

oopsie we missed usain bolt day on sunday but we can celebrate his birthday on friday.

also i just reread the thread, it's a really good one

PRESS RELEASE

Berlin, 23 August 2009 – After his sensational world records at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany’s capital paid a special tribute to Usain Bolt, presenting him an original piece of the Berlin Wall. In memory of his outstanding performances in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m finals, the Mayor of Berlin, Klaus Wowereit bestowed the fastest man on earth with an individually designed concrete segment of the Berlin Wall 20 years after its fall. The unique souvenir has a height of about 3.60 meters and a width of 1.20 metres and weighs 2.7 tons. It was designed exclusively for Usain Bolt by the young Leipzig artist Abraham using aerosol technique. The front displays Usain Bolt on his way to break the 100 m world record on the legendary blue of the tracks of the Berlin stadium.

Following the World Championships, Usain Bolt’s wall piece “Breakin’ the Wall” will also be available as a china miniature and part of the edition Visible Wall with legendary designs of wall art and the history of the German reunification.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2009/0823/oly_a_bolt_400.jpg

2.7 tons!!