Oleksandr Petriv embodies the motto that goes, “A man should be part of his flag.” Anyways, Oleksandr won the gold medal in the men’s 25 meter rapid fire pistol bringing the Ukraine’s gold medal tally to four.

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The unfortunate rivals of Michael Phelps might want to pick some tips from this video on how they can beat the merman. Brought to you by Jon Stewart.

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Isn’t it interesting that almost half of the gold medal harvest of the United States is produced (or co-produced) by Michael Phelps? Here’s the merman celebrating after winning his seventh gold medal in the men’s 100 meters butterfly.

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Kudos to Kirsty Coventry for coming up with a nice description for her gold medal in the 200 meters backstroke, i.e., a “cherry on top”.

Would it be safe to assume that some children in her native Zimbabwe will be named “Cherry” or, the more interesting, “Cherryontop” to honor Kirsty’s victory? After all, when she won three medals in Athens 2004, many Zimbabwean babies were named “Kirsty”, “Coventry”, “Goldmedal”, and “Threemedals”.

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Finally, another crying Olympian. Cesar Filho Cielo joins our list of crying Olympians which, so far, includes judo gold medalist Choi Minho of South Korea. Cry, baby, cry. You certainly earned the right to.

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