Hot Olympic dudes

[smiley21]

Originally posted by CutiePie2000
I'm sorry but that red-headed guy has no place in this thread. It is for HOT Olympic dudes only.

Thank you. I could not agree more.

[CutiePie2000]

He looks like that comedian Carrot-Top.

[hottytoddy]

The title of this thread, "Hot Olympic Dudes," cracks me up. Jeremy Bloom is amazing. Words cannot describe. And he plays football!!!

[CarolinaDG]

He's now my wallpaper at work.... I'm marrying him. I've claimed him. HELLO!!!

[PM_Mama00]

For all the lovers, Apollo Anton Ohno on Ellen coming up in a few minutes!

[XOMichelle]

Originally posted by OTW
Yeah the guy's hot and easy on the eyes, but his attitude stinks.

When Shani Davis declined to participate in the Team Pursuit and refused to give interviews, the media turned their attention to Hedrick, who admitted that he was 'tired of the Shani thing'.

It was an NBC interview, and while I can't find the actual interview, it was along the lines of "we're here talking about him and I'm the one with the gold medal."

Whatever, Chad. He smoked your ass yesterday and you're just pissy because you couldn't get your 5 because Shani didn't want to back your ass up.

It's sad when the commentator admitted that "these guys aren't teammates...at all."

The thing with speedskating is that most people are in it for a really long time. You grow up with the sport, and you grow up with the people in it. Shani and his mom are old news. My theory is Chad is just new so he doesn't have the long term relationship that the rest of the people have with them.

And they aren't teammates. Skating is a small sport where your competitors often are your family, but it is also an individual sport.
That being said, it is so great that they did so well. Whatever criticisms there are of the program, US Speedskating consistently produces top athletes. Too bad no one notices unless it’s an Olympic year.

[Benzgirl]

Thanks for the Bump. Gosh, I remember when Michael Phelps was 14. I can't believe he is still competing.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Thanks for the Bump. Gosh, I remember when Michael Phelps was 14. I can't believe he is still competing.

That sounds like something you'd see on To Catch A Predator. Kinda shady.

[alum]

Slightly off-topic:

Summer swim leagues are HUGE in NoVA for the 4-18 y.o. set. It's a family-based function that is not nearly as competitive as AAU/USA. Where else can your first-grader be on the same team as your sophomore? ANYWAY, 2 former members of our local pool who have aged out last year are swimming in the trials right now. Go Cobias!

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by alum

Slightly off-topic:

Summer swim leagues are HUGE in NoVA for the 4-18 y.o. set. It's a family-based function that is not nearly as competitive as AAU/USA. Where else can your first-grader be on the same team as your sophomore? ANYWAY, 2 former members of our local pool who have aged out last year are swimming in the trials right now. Go Cobias!

They're big here in Seattle and the suburbs, too. Country clubs and neighborhood swim clubs. I grew up doing swim and dive team. I was so surprised when I went to college in Calif. and met so many people that didn't know how to swim! I figured it must have been because the kids grew up going to the beach and just played around in their backyard pools instead of swimming actual strokes and laps as part of a team.

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

They're big here in Seattle and the suburbs, too. Country clubs and neighborhood swim clubs. I grew up doing swim and dive team. I was so surprised when I went to college in Calif. and met so many people that didn't know how to swim! I figured it must have been because the kids grew up going to the beach and just played around in their backyard pools instead of swimming actual strokes and laps as part of a team.

I grew up in the suburbs. All the neighborhood kids knew how to swim (we had an in-ground pool, so they'd all be over at our house on hot summer days). When I went off to college, I was surprised at how many people didn't know to swim. There's a bunch of girls in my chapter that can't swim. It seems like it's the girls who grew up in the suburbs that know how to swim, while the girls who grew up in the city who don't know how to swim (same thing with driving). Also, from talking with some girls from my chapter, it seems like suburban high schools tend to have swimming as a required gym class, while urban high schools do not.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

I grew up in the suburbs. All the neighborhood kids knew how to swim (we had an in-ground pool, so they'd all be over at our house on hot summer days). When I went off to college, I was surprised at how many people didn't know to swim. There's a bunch of girls in my chapter that can't swim. It seems like it's the girls who grew up in the suburbs that know how to swim, while the girls who grew up in the city who don't know how to swim (same thing with driving). Also, from talking with some girls from my chapter, it seems like suburban high schools tend to have swimming as a required gym class, while urban high schools do not.

hehehe, true. i wonder, timewise, how you can get changed, swim, showered and changed again for swimming in a 45-minute period? were those classes longer?

[WinniBug]

This isn't a dude, but I'm digging the official mascots of the 2008 summer Olympics

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally Posted by WinniBug

This isn't a dude, but I'm digging the official mascots of the 2008 summer Olympics

I like the mascots too. My dad works for a tour company (they take groups of tourists from Asia on tours of places like NYC, DC, Boston, Niagara Falls, etc.) and a lot of their customers are from China. So he's gotten a bunch of Olympics keychains and cellphone charms, which he gave to me.

I have this keychain.


I have the red guy cellphone charm.


And I have this cellphone charm, but with the green girl.

[AOII_LB93]

Dude, that google search was gross....bringme backsome sexy Michael Phelps shots please.

Can I just say, damn. I'm a little old for him, but damn...he's HOT! Body of a god...man, I love swimmers.