BuzzFeed - Buzz Tagged "Olympics" http://www.buzzfeed.com BuzzFeed, Find Your New Favorite Thing en Copyright 2012 BuzzFeed, Inc. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:28:39 -0500 editor@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) info@buzzfeed.com (http://www.buzzfeed.com/about) Paralympian Eyeing The Olympics After Crash Miraculously Un-Paralyzes Her http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/paralympian-eyeing-the-olympics-after-crash-miracu Shut everything down. This is one of the craziest feel good stories of the year.

Paralyzed from the hip down since she was 13, Monique van der Vorst was an accomplished paralympian cyclist. She won two silver medals in the handcycling road at the Beijing Paralympics.

Last year, she was in an accident and fell off her wheelchair. While recovering from the trauma, her feet started to tingle and miraculously she began to move them again. She spent months in the hospital and in the rehabilitation centre trying to regain the use of her legs.

She took her first steps again in July 2010, she said she felt just like a child learning to walk.

Monique has just signed with with the Rabobank women's professional cycling team to compete as a top-class able-bodied athlete, with hopes to compete in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio.

Doctors have no explanation for her miraculous recovery.

View Entire List ›

Source: nbcsports.msnbc.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/paralympian-eyeing-the-olympics-after-crash-miracu Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:47:11 -0500 <b>Shut everything down.</b> This is one of the craziest feel good stories of the year. mjs538 nonadult 2012 London Olympics Logo http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/2012-london-olympics-logo Looks like the riots have cause some last minute changes. If we don't laugh, we'll cry.

Source: pureevilbunny  /  via: likecool.com

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/donnad/2012-london-olympics-logo Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:47:07 -0400 <b>Looks like the riots have cause some last minute changes.</b> If we don&#39;t laugh, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/08/10/uk-riots-three-men-killed_n_922923.html">we&#39;ll cry.</a> donnad nonadult Pyeongchang, South Korea To Host 2018 Winter Olympics http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/pyeongchang-south-korea-to-host-2018-olympics Pyeongchang, the third largest city in South Korea, was just awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics over Munich, Germany and Annecy, France. This is South Korea's first Olympic Games since Seoul 1988.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/pyeongchang-south-korea-to-host-2018-olympics Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:36:00 -0400 <b>Pyeongchang, the third largest city in South Korea, was just awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics over Munich, Germany and Annecy, France.</b>This is South Korea&#39;s first Olympic Games since Seoul 1988. daves4 nonadult The Firefighter Olympics http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/the-firefighter-olympics

Amazing video of something called “Jeux Olympiques des Pompiers” (“Olympic Games of the Firefighters”), in which Frenchmen in tights do incredible feats of skill with ladders, hoses and fire. How do you say 'badass” in French? Oh. Babel Fish is telling me “mauvais âne.” Sorry to bother you with that easily answered question.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/the-firefighter-olympics Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:34:21 -0400 <b>Amazing video of something called "Jeux Olympiques des Pompiers" ("Olympic Games of the Firefighters"), in which Frenchmen in tights do incredible feats of skill with ladders, hoses and fire.</b> How do you say &#39;badass" in French? Oh. Babel Fish is telling me "mauvais &acirc;ne." Sorry to bother you with that easily answered question. gavon nonadult The 10 Worst Moose Knuckles At The Olympics http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-10-worst-moose-knuckles-at-the-olympics There was an abundance of “mangina” at the Vancouver games. The exact cause of this phenomenon- why it looks like a vagina- remains unknown.

  2. 2.

  3. 3.

  4. 4.

  5. 5.

  6. 6.

  7. 7.

  8. 8.

  9. 9.

  10. 10.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-10-worst-moose-knuckles-at-the-olympics Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:04:44 -0500 <b>There was an abundance of "mangina" at the Vancouver games.</b> The exact cause of this phenomenon- why it looks like a vagina- remains unknown. mjs538 nonadult Mars' Olympics Results http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamd/mars-results-for-the-2010-winter-olympics-hb6 Come on, Mars. I mean, come on.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/adamd/mars-results-for-the-2010-winter-olympics-hb6 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:22:12 -0500 Come on, Mars. I mean, come on. adamd nonadult Olympic Pictograms Through The Ages http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/olympic-pictograms-through-the-ages

More than you ever thought you wanted to know about the history and evolution of Olympic pictograms.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/olympic-pictograms-through-the-ages Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:34:11 -0500 More than you ever thought you wanted to know about the history and evolution of Olympic pictograms. expresident nonadult Canada To Out-Canada Itself At Closing Ceremonies http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/canada-to-out-canada-itself-at-closing-ceremonies The Ryan Seacrest ish of Canada is reporting that Nickelback will perform at the Closing Ceremonies.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/canada-to-out-canada-itself-at-closing-ceremonies Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:23:41 -0500 The Ryan Seacrest ish of Canada is reporting that Nickelback will perform at the Closing Ceremonies. akdobbins nonadult Emergency Condoms Shipped to Olympics http://www.buzzfeed.com/kzoopsf/emergency-condoms-shipped-to-olympics-1a1

It's official: The Vancouver Olympic Games will go down as the raunchiest , drunkest , most party-tastic Games ever.

Read More On cbc.ca ›

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/kzoopsf/emergency-condoms-shipped-to-olympics-1a1 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:11:01 -0500 <b>It&#39;s official:</b> The Vancouver Olympic Games will go down as the <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/huffpost/scotty-lagos-racy-pictures-surface-online-7p0">raunchiest</a>, <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/minjaeormes/ioc-to-investigate-canadian-womens-hockey-tea-ohu">drunkest</a>, most party-tastic Games ever. kzoopsf nonadult The Best Signs From Stephen Colbert's Visit To Vancouver http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-best-signs-from-stephen-colberts-visit-to-van The best signs at the Olympics have been at the Stephen Colbert Show tapings, obviously. FYI, the “Cripples For Colbert” sign was held by two people in wheelchairs…so that makes it okay.

  1. via.

  2. 2.

    via.

  3. 3.

    via.

  4. 4.

    via.

  5. 5.

    via.

  6. 6.

    via.

  7. 7.

    via.

  8. 8.

    via.

  9. 9.

    via.

  10. 10.

    via.

  11. 11.

    via.

  12. 12.

    via.

  13. 13.

    via.

  14. 14.

    via.

  15. 15.

    via.

  16. 16.

    via.

  17. 17.

    via.

  18. 18.

    via.

  19. 19.

    via.

  20. 20.

    via.

  21. 21.

    via.

  22. 22.

    via.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-best-signs-from-stephen-colberts-visit-to-van Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:26:31 -0500 <b>The best signs at the Olympics have been at the Stephen Colbert Show tapings, obviously.</b> FYI, the "Cripples For Colbert" sign was held by two people in wheelchairs...so that makes it okay. mjs538 nonadult This Man Needs A Hug http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/this-man-needs-a-hug-5xy

Best announcer ever : “Oh the Frenchman; Oh Monsieurrrrr”.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/this-man-needs-a-hug-5xy Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:45:14 -0500 <b>Best announcer ever</b>: "Oh the Frenchman; Oh Monsieurrrrr". nikoguy1 nonadult Johnny Weir Meets Stephen Colbert http://www.buzzfeed.com/minjaeormes/johnny-weir-meets-stephen-colbert-ohu Rock the tassel, gentlemen!

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/minjaeormes/johnny-weir-meets-stephen-colbert-ohu Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:46:23 -0500 Rock the tassel, gentlemen! minjaeormes nonadult Gold Medal &lt; Sex Bomb On Ice http://www.buzzfeed.com/spockgiirl/gold-medal-sex-bomb-on-ice-tfs

Plushenko may have lost the gold (GO USA!) but he will always be a winner with this (by the end of the performance) nearly nude masterpiece.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/spockgiirl/gold-medal-sex-bomb-on-ice-tfs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:41:17 -0500 Plushenko may have lost the gold (GO USA!) but he will always be a winner with this (by the end of the performance) nearly nude masterpiece. spockgiirl nonadult Verified Olympians On Twitter http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/verified-olympians-on-twitter-5xy You can follow this list of Olympians that are on Twitter right now! This includes Shaun White, Apollo Ahno, Christine Nesbitt, and plenty of other people you don't know about.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/nikoguy1/verified-olympians-on-twitter-5xy Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:35:15 -0500 You can follow <a href="http://twitter.com/verified/olympians">this</a> list of Olympians that are on Twitter right now! This includes Shaun White, Apollo Ahno, Christine Nesbitt, and plenty of other people you don&#39;t know about. nikoguy1 nonadult The 20 Funniest Figure Skating Faces http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-20-funniest-figure-skating-faces Here's a list of the 20 funniest figure skating facial expressions from the Olympics so far. I know it's hard to look “good” in the air, but these are really funny.

  2. 2.

    via.

  3. 3.

  4. 4.

  5. 5.

    via.

  6. 6.

    via.

  7. 7.

  8. 8.

  9. 9.

  10. 10.

  11. 11.

  12. 12.

  13. 13.

  14. 14.

  15. 15.

  16. 16.

  17. 17.

  18. 18.

  19. 19.

  20. 20.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-20-funniest-figure-skating-faces Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:19:04 -0500 <b>Here&#39;s a list of the 20 funniest figure skating facial expressions from the Olympics so far.</b> I know it&#39;s hard to look "good" in the air, but these are really funny. mjs538 nonadult Team Australia's Speed Skating Outfits http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/team-ausralias-speed-skating-outfits Australia's Light Cycle team is expected to do well in Vancouver as well.

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/team-ausralias-speed-skating-outfits Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:56:28 -0500 Australia&#39;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ODe9mqoDE">Light Cycle</a> team is expected to do well in Vancouver as well. awesomer nonadult Olympics Venn Diagram http://www.buzzfeed.com/aestheticoctopus/olympics-venn-diagram-u4o I think I may have spent way too much time on this…

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/aestheticoctopus/olympics-venn-diagram-u4o Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:33:40 -0500 I think I may have spent way too much time on this... aestheticoctopus nonadult The Official Bob Costas Aging Timeline http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/the-official-bob-costas-aging-timeline It's been a while! (For both aging timelines and Bob.) Let's take a trip back to the 80s.

  1. late 70s

  2. early 80s

  3. 1984

  4. 1985

  5. 1986

  6. 1989

  7. 1991

  8. 1992

  9. 1994

  10. 1998

  11. 2000

  12. 2001

  13. 2002

  14. 2003

  15. 2004

  16. 2005

  17. 2006

  18. 2007

  19. 2008

  20. 2009

  21. 2010

    Thanks, NBC!!!

  22. and beyond

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/the-official-bob-costas-aging-timeline Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:47:48 -0500 <b>It&#39;s been a while! (For both aging timelines and Bob.)</b> Let&#39;s take a trip back to the 80s. akdobbins nonadult The 2010 Opening Ceremonies Drinking Game http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/the-2010-opening-ceremonies-drinking-game Quick! The Vancouver Opening Ceremonies just started!!!! Prepare your adult beverages.

  1. Take a drink:

    -When announcers mention the lack of snow in Vancouver

  2. -At any fashion analysis of the Team USA Opening Ceremony uniforms

  3. -At any reference to Miracle or the 1980 US Hockey team

  4. -If any Mounties show up

  5. -When any orphaned athlete from a formerly-Communist country is featured

  6. -Any time the words "Flying Tomato" are said

  7. -Every time Bode Miller looks like he's suffering from oxygen-deprivation

  8. -Any time Sven Kramer (my personal pick for Hottest Olympian of 2010) gets a close up

  9. -At any euphemism for Johnny Weir's sexuality

  10. -When the announcers reference the "intimidating" Beijing Opening Ceremonies

  11. -Whenever someone says "Saskatchewan"

  12. -When Celine Dion pounds her chest

  13. Take a shot:

    -At any Tonya Harding reference

  14. -If Shania Twain sings something Canadian

  15. -When someone tries to explain Canada's political system

  16. Chug/finish your drink:

    -If Pedobear makes a mascot appearance

  17. -At any reference to the Bobsledding Wardrobe Malfunction

  18. -If Rufus Wainwright is at all involved

  19. -If any polar bears show up

  20. Bonus Olympic Torch Lightning Round!

    Take the indicated number of sips should any of the following Canadians be the Official Torch-Lighter (or the Final Torch Bearer? Whatever, you know what I mean. The 2010 Muhammad Ali.)

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/the-2010-opening-ceremonies-drinking-game Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:24:50 -0500 <b>Quick! The Vancouver Opening Ceremonies just started!!!!</b> Prepare your adult beverages. akdobbins nonadult Olympic Where Are They Now: Dominique Moceanu http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/olympic-where-are-they-now-dominique-moceanu Listen, I know gymnastics isn't a Winter sport, but this picture still seemed both relevant and “whoa.”

]]> http://www.buzzfeed.com/akdobbins/olympic-where-are-they-now-dominique-moceanu Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:29:26 -0500 Listen, I know gymnastics isn&#39;t a Winter sport, but this picture still seemed both relevant and "whoa." akdobbins nonadult