40. Libby Trickett
Country: Australia
How she’s fared in the 2008 Summer Olympics: Trickett hit for the cycle at these Olympic games, winning a gold, a silver, and a bronze in swimming.
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Francesca Piccinini Pictures
Rita Dravucz Pictures
20. Dominika Kopcik
Country: Canada
How she’s fared in the 2008 Summer Olympics: Kopcik has yet to compete, synchronized swimming is ongoing this second week.
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Watch as a man catches a baseball with a cup of beer.
Simply amazing.
August 21st, 2008 by Brian Ethridge
Tagged as: 2008 Olympics, Kerri Walsh, Misty May-Treanor, Olympics, Volleyball
Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh became the first duo to ever win consecutive Olympic beach volleyball gold medals after they beat China’s Wang Jie and Tian Jia 21-18, 21-18 on Thursday.
“Ever since the ball dropped in Athens, we’ve wanted to repeat as Olympic champions,” May-Treanor said. “No one’s ever done it.” Read the rest of this entry »
The United States men’s volleyball team remains undefeated in Beijing after defeating Serbia in five sets 20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12.
“You could see the amount of heart and grit both teams put out there,” Ryan Millar said. Read the rest of this entry »
St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson has decided to end his holdout and report to the team.
“This is certainly a step in the right direction,” coach Scott Linehan said. “We’re hoping we can get this thing squared away real quickly.” Read the rest of this entry »
The United States men’s basketball team beat Australia 116-85 in the Olympic quarterfinals on Wednesday.
“We felt that in this game that they were going to live and die by the 3- pointer,” said guard Jason Kidd. Read the rest of this entry »
10. Branca Feres & Bia Feres
Country: Brazil
How they’ve fared in the 2008 Summer Olympics: There’s actually conflicting info on whether or not these twins are actually competing in the Olympics at all, and I haven’t been able to dig up anything that says conclusively either way. But they are synchronized swimmers, and we’re going to go ahead and call that close enough, because come on, look at them.
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