Category — United Kingdom

Are tattoos cool? Of course they are. Why would these Olympians scar themselves with tattoos if they are not cool.

If you are wondering who these tattoos belong to, here’s some of them (from top, left to right): archer Natalia Valeeva of Italy, Brazilian diver Cesar Castro, an unidentified swimmer, Cesar Castro [again], British cyclist Cris Hoy, Brazilian diver Hugo Parisi, British archer Laurence Godfrey, and an unidentified German swimmer.

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Of course Olympic athletes know how to have fun. Just ask Goldie Sayers who’s posing here as a Playboy bunny. Goldie is Britain’s top javelin thrower and will compete in her second Olympics when the Beijing Games open.

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Who between this two will emerge triumphant in the 400 meter run? Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu or American Sanya Richards?

British diver Tom Daley just might become the breakout star in the Beijing Olympics so we might as well start blogging about him. [Are you listening, Mr. Google? Har har.]

Anyways, here’s a picture of Tom during the British Academy Television Awards last April 2008. What does this mean? Maybe it means that the kid has cross-over appeal? He’s like a mainstream celebrity already.

Well, Tom, here’s a word of advice from an old coot: Don’t forget about the diving, okay? Be more like Maria Sharapova and less like Anna Kournikova.

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British football star David Beckham is bound for Beijing during the Olympics but he’s not going there to play football. Rather, he’s there to “star in the closing ceremony” where he will reportedly “play a key role role in the the official handover to Britain for the London 2012 Games”.

It is fitting that Beckham is joining this handover because he’s one of the “ambassadors” for London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympic Games.