Is the United States, a.k.a., the sleeping giant of Beijing, finally awake? Looks like it as it bagged its 11th gold medal courtesy of Rebecca Soni. Take that, China! File photo source: daylife.com
Posts under ‘Swimming’
Olympic Medal Results: Alain Bernard’s Happy Scream
This is Alain Bernard’s happy version of The Scream. If I won an Olympic gold medal like he did, I will also be screaming like crazy. There’s no screaming [at least not the joyful kind] for Australia’s Eamon Sullivan [he of the Rice and Sullivan love team] because he had to settle for the silver [...]
Liu Zige Bags China’s 18th Gold Medal
China crashed the U.S./Australia party in the swimming pool when Liu Zige won the gold medal in the women’s 200m butterfly with a world record swim of 2:04.18. Should Americans be concerned that Chinese athletes are encroaching in their territory, the medal-rich sport of swimming? They need not worry now but they should worry in [...]
How to Train Like Olympic Gold Medalist Natalie Coughlin
Do you want to have a body like Natalie Coughlin’s? Then follow her training regiment [via fitness magazine]: 1. Two hours in the pool twice a day2. Run with your dog for 45 minutes to an hour every day3. Lift lift weights two or three times a week.4. Do Pilates every day5. See a private [...]
Hottie Pellegrini Wins Fourth Gold Medal for Italy
Ahh, Federica Pellegrini. You are geeky-looking sometimes but you are an Olympic hottie too. Congratulations on winning your first Olympic gold medal and the fourth gold medal for Italy. Related:Olympic Hottie of the Day: Leryn FrancoOlympic Hotties: Amanda Beard NakedOlympic Hottie of the Day: Goldie SayersOlympic Hottie of the Day: Juliana Felisberta SilvaOlympic Hottie: Yelena [...]
