BEIJING BEIJING, I LOVE BEIJING!!! Or, in which Sophie has trouble ~*letting go of the Olympics*~

[sophieisgod]

It's over. And I am far more sad about this than I should be. Therefore, JOIN ME! Let us mourn and rejoice and commemorate through spam! Spam of people with hot bodies wearing lycra! Spam of people looking tearful on podiums! MONTAGES! Here are some of my personal Olympic highlights:

First up, swimmers! Because they are wet and scantily clad a lot of the time, and this is flattering.

So, Michael Phelps. He is kind of strange-looking (BECAUSE HE IS LEGIT A MERMAN), but he does like to wear his pants *low* and I am a pervert for hipbones.






MERMAN!!!




THIS IS TRUE.


Not quite as speedy, but certainly gosh-darn attractive is fellow US swimmer Ryan Lochte (yay artemislives!). Observe.






SEXY TATTOO ALERT. Also, anyone else amused by the fact that several US swimmers basically have Olympic rings tramp stamps? Awesome.


Phelps & Lochte! Together! In tiny trunks!


Also, apparently the US pwned the swimming relays? I missed it (pesky timezones!), but I will say this: HIPBONES HIPBONES RYAN LOCHTE'S HIPBONES.


Male gymnasts are weird. They're uber-strong and muscly, but often rather short (what up, US men's team?). But there was a foxy German who caught mine eye (Britishers, I hope you'll agree that Matt Baker, Blue Peter Legend was also basically in love with him), and his name is Fabian Hambuchen. He looks like this:


Jonathan Horton loves him aussi:


Also, Usain Bolt is awesome.




But oh yeah, I'M BRITISH. And we had a pretty fucking awesome games. Best medal haul for a century! TASTE OUR AWESOME:
Christine Ohurugou, 400m


Ben Ainslie, Sailing (Finn class)


Paul Goodison, Sailing (Laser class)


Tom James, Steve Williams, Pete Reed & Andy Hodge; Rowing (Coxless Fours)


Louis Smith became the first British male to ever win a medal for gymnastics. Also, his tattoo is pretty sweet.




You know what Britain is good at? CYCLING!
Nicole Cooke, Road Race


Victoria Pendleton, Sprint


Rebecca Romero & Wendy Houvenagel, Gold & Silver, Individual Pursuit




Chris Hoy & Jason Kenny, Gold & Silver, Sprint


Is it weird that my biggest crush of the Olympics is on Chris Hoy, a 32 year old Scottish cyclist? It is, isn't it. But I cannot help it! Accent! Thighs! Amazing modesty and graciousness despite winning three gold medals! His big fat dad!




My absolute favourite athlete of the games didn't win a medal, despite being the favourite in her event. Shanaze Reade, the 19 year old BMX world champion, came off her bike as she clipped the rider in front of her at the last bend of the Olympic final, because silver wasn't good enough for her. She is so fucking fierce.

Bonus!Hoy!












Yeah, I kind of love her. You know what else I love? CRACKY THINGS. Like this: LOL Bush - Dubya's Olympic experience, in macro format. Also, this post is made of win (and also features Hoy & Kenny! Jason Kenny is 20 and hardcore awesome and adorable and looks a bit like a duckling. He is going to be scary in 2012). Massive win.

You know who else is awesome? Athens medallist and swimming commentator Steve Parry, who bears a slight resemblance to Michael Phelps...

And in case you didn't know, synchronised swimmers are kind of terrifying:


Okay, let's begin to wind this up. As I said above, BEIJING BEIJING, I LOVE BEIJING, and man alive, they built some pretty stadiums.




And damn, they know how to put on a show. Pshaw, London, do away with your pesky unions, and we too can achieve perfection!














O HAI THAR CHRIS HOY


LOL BORIS. Ohhh, what the world must think of the buffoon we call our mayor. Why, London, why? He didn't even tie his jacket!




LONDON 2012, BITCHES. IT'S GOING TO BE EPIC.






OH. ONE MORE THING. Ladies of the internet, it is IN NO WAY COOL for you to be scamming on Tom Daley. He's 14! And weirdly precocious in the style of Dakota Fanning! Shame on you! Shame!

Comments

[erture.livejournal.com]

It is so good to see/hear about some athletes that are NOT from the US for once (thanks ever so much, NBC, for not pointing out the rest of the world). And yeah ok it's good to see Phelps' hipbones again too... I'll be in my bunk.

Tom Daley freaked me out! I was like woah that kid is 14! His face is just so young. Cannot imagine competing at that level so young.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Haha, we get a lot of international coverage, because, well, we're not great at many sports. There was a *lot* of Phelps on the BBC :)

He scares me just a little bit, I must admit. He's just so perky in interviews. He'll still only be 18 in 2012!