Posts under ‘Swimming’

Oussama Mellouli: Tunisia’s Olympic Hero

I got busy doing some other stuff so I wasn’t able to update this blog during the Olympics but this doesn’t mean that I will stop blogging about our Olympic champions
Our fist post-Olympic post would be about Oussama Mellouli, winner of the 1,500 meter race in swimming, who went home to Tunisia [...]


Michael Phelps’ Girlfriend?

Michael Phelps made out with Stephanie Rice. So she must be his girlfriend. According to the gossip mongers of Page Six anyways.
Michael Phelps doesn’t have a girlfriend, but he celebrated his record-breaking eight gold medals in Beijing by sneaking off for a sizzling game of tonsil hockey with one of Australia’s hottest Olympians.
Phelps, fresh [...]


More Tears of Joy From Cesar Augusto Cielo Filho

World’s fastest 50 meters freestyle swimmer Cesar Augusto Cielo Filho is Brazil’s favorite son and this blog’s favoritest crying Olympian. So even though I posted about his awesome crying earlier, here’s other awesome pictures of him.Related:Cesar Filho Cielo: The Crying OlympianFilho Cielo is Number One
Photo: chinadaily


Phelps Bags Seventh Gold, the U.S.’s 15th

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.
Photo source: beijing 2008


Kirsty Coventry Gets Her Cherry on Top

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 [...]


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