BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "olympic athletes" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:06:53 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Very Young Michael Phelps http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/very-young-michael-phelps There was a certain time when all of us were really good swimmers.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/very-young-michael-phelps Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:00:20 -0400 There was a certain time when all of us were really good swimmers. scott nonadult Usain Bolt http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/usain-bolt

Bolt won gold in both the 100 and 200 meters, setting a new world record in both.

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  2. Usain Bolt’s Celebration Pisses Off IOC
  3. Michael Johnson Was Prepared For This Moment
  4. Bolt Seems Capable Of Anything (And Now Proven That He Is)
  5. Michael Johnson Calls It The Best Race He’s Ever Seen
  6. Bolt Breaks World Record and Wins Gold Again
  7. How Insane Bolt’s New 200m Record Really Is
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/usain-bolt Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:21:44 -0400 Bolt won gold in both the 100 and 200 meters, setting a new world record in both. scott nonadult 8 Golds Medals http://www.buzzfeed.com/jonah/8-golds-medals The cover of Sports Illustrated features Michael Phelps displaying his 8 gold medals.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jonah/8-golds-medals Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:53:31 -0400 The cover of Sports Illustrated features Michael Phelps displaying his 8 gold medals. jonah nonadult Michael Phelps: The Best Ever? http://www.buzzfeed.com/eric/michael-phelps-the-best-ever

With 11 gold medals and counting, that seems to be the word on the street.

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  4. Best Olympian Ever - ESPN Says It’s So
  5. HuffPost Said So Even Before the 4x200
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eric/michael-phelps-the-best-ever Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:09:01 -0400 With 11 gold medals and counting, that seems to be the word on the street. eric nonadult Matthew Mitcham http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/matthew-mitcham

The Advocate chose the 20-year-old openly gay Olympic diver (a media sensation in his native Australia) to be their September cover boy.

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  1. YouTube - Matthew Mitcham on ABC News
  2. YouTube - Matthew Mitcham at the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2008 in Shenzhen
  3. Greg Lou-who-nis!?
  4. Mitcham Was Voted One Of WHO’s 100 Sexiest People (…Who’s WHO?)
  5. A Closer Look At The Cover
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/eliot/matthew-mitcham Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:55:25 -0400 <i>The Advocate</i> chose the 20-year-old openly gay Olympic diver (a media sensation in his native Australia) to be their September cover boy. eliot nonadult Weightlifting Faces http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/weightlifting-faces The Olympics bring a new opportunity to watch weightlifters grimace.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/weightlifting-faces Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:49:54 -0400 The Olympics bring a new opportunity to watch weightlifters grimace. scott nonadult Spain's Racist Basketball Team http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/spains-racist-basketball-team The national team’s slant-eyed photograph isn’t likely to go over well with this year’s Olympic hosts.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/spains-racist-basketball-team Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:06:12 -0400 The national team's <a href="http://machochip.com/2008/08/spain-makes-sure-they-medal-hi.php">slant-eyed photograph</a> isn't likely to go over well with this year's Olympic hosts. scott nonadult Laure Manaudou http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/laure-manaudou

The French swimmer is as famous for her rumored sex tape as for her Olympics medals.

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  1. The Rise and Fall of Laure Manaudou
  2. The Laure Manaudou Naked Pictures (NSFW)
  3. Manaudou Comes in Last in the Women’s 400M Free
  4. Nude Laura Manaudou Pics Stir Contorversy (NSFW)
  5. Manaudou’s Got Baggage, In The Pool and Out
]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/laure-manaudou Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:23:51 -0400 The French swimmer is as famous for her rumored sex tape as for her Olympics medals. scott nonadult