Britta Steffen’s playfulness in the swimming pool didn’t hurt her Olympic bid as she out-swam her opponents to bag the gold medal in the 100 meters freestyle. Britta’s victory brings up Germany’s gold medal haul to eight as of posting. Photos courtesy of weltonline and stern.de
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Britta Heidemann: Naked and Victorious
Pardon me if I keep putting up photos of naked Olympians and Olympic hotties. I do it because most of you are asking for it and also because Olympians themselves wouldn’t mind getting naked for the sake of “art”. Like Germany’s fencing gold medalist Britta Heidemann for instance:Anyways, there’s really nothing wrong with nakedness, is [...]
Germany’s Benjamin Kliebrink Bags Gold, Bites Medal
Emo-haired German fencer Benjamin Kliebrink won a gold medal for himself and for Germany and, following the good old tradition of Olympic medal-biting, promptly bit the medal. Kliebrink beat Japanese Ota Yuki for the gold, in case you are wondering. Here’s Benjamim celebrating his victory. I must say that the photographer deserves a medal of [...]
Germany’s Alexander Grimm: Finally, an Olympic Gold Medal Biter
I’m sure Germany‘s Alexander Grimm, gold medalist in the Olympic Kayak K1, isn’t the first one to bite his gold medal in Beijing but this is the first photo I saw of a medal biter. It’s good to know that the good old tradition of Olympic medal biting is alive and well and won’t go [...]
Meet Germany’s Beijing 2008 Olympic Team
Germany is sending a total of 435 athletes to the Beijing Olympic Games. Here’s a partial list from dosb.de : CyclingJooß, AnetteArndt, JudithKupfernagel, HankaWorrack, TrixiGrabsch, BertSchumacher, StefanVoigt, JensWegmann, Fabian Mountain bikingMorath, AdelheidFumic, ManuelKurschat, WolframMilatz, Moritz WeightliftingShaloyan, ArtyomSpiess, Jürgen CanoeingEms, JonasHollstein, MartinIhle, Andreas
