I was thinking maybe she may be labeled from her hometown as the tramp/Olympic dream crusher...while him on the other hand will be getting highly fives from every Tom Dick and Harry for years.

Not saying I agree with it but know that's how it might play out around where I'm from.

I don't think they play that way in Brazil...in fact for the most part the US and a few other western countries...well outside of the middle east, is largely individual and alone in this somewhat puritanical and old school mentality.

~Matt

That's unfair to a delicious sandwich.

Sure this isn's Shyla Jennings, not that anyone here would know her...

Kenya's Margaret Wambui and South Africa's Caster Semenia advance to women's 800m final.

Helen Maroulis wins freestyle wrestling

Big upset, I think, beating the 3 time champ.

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Slowguy

(insert pithy phrase here...)

Yes, first American woman to win gold in wrestling. She beat Japan's Sauri Yoshida who won gold in the last 3 Olympics. Amazing.

And 13 World Championships, and not having lost in the last four years.

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"Go yell at an M&M"

sensational, she beat a legend in women's wrestling.

This was known to be the match to watch for a long time. Yoshida was probably one of the top 5-10 wrestlers of all time, of both genders.

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"Go yell at an M&M"

some love for Czech

Canada defeat Brazil to win back-to-back Bronze

my fave Canadians are Brooke Henderson and Melissa Bishop

Team China

Genevieve LaCaze - Australia 5000m

Sweden was playing Germany earlier in soccer - it could have been an entire thread on it's own. How many blondes can fit on a field at the same time?

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I miss YaHey

Darn it, when you mentioned "in action"...never mind :-)

 

Man, what a bad photographer! Horrible lighting and even worse composition.

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Chris
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“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson,

A little bit better..



or not..

Olympic israeli syncro team trained at my masters pool for a month before rio. This chick is hawt in person.
http://www.isrswimming.com/...2y/dataItem-iovep4mc

She's a take home to mom