After the Second day of competition, here are the standings for Our Olympics 2012:

Gold Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 105 Pts

Silver Medal: Italy (Pam Keller) - 70 Pts

Bronze Medal: France (Lori Cress) - 45 Pts

The standing for the rest of the competition are as follow:


Canada       Derek Gutierrez      35
Czech Rep.    Emilie Torres      35
Japan         Kathy Smith      35
Brazil        Hannah Martin     30
Hungary        Allison Montanille 30
Kazakhstan Lisa Blair              30
Netherlands Adrian Garcia      25
Spain       Dakota Decker      20
Georgia       Graydon Cress      15
Germany       Simona Hareer      15
Bulgaria       Dave Martin      10
Cuba       Amy Brennan      10
Poland       Marshall Cress      10
Romania       Elyse Jarvis      10
Argentina       Alix Boyd              5
Azerbaijan     Brian Hughes      5
Jamaica       Zach Martin      5
Kenya       Dan Perez              5
New Zealand Amanda Winningham 5
Norway       Kevin Rafferty     5
Slovakia       Danielle Gibbs     5
Turkey       Brittany Cress     5
Ukraine       Krystyn Slack     5
Uzbekistan    Sue Marin             5

Be ready for tomorrow which starts our first double day of competition. Every medal won is worth double the points. Congrats to our podium team.

And as Always,
May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!

Dana Vollmer won the swimming 100 Meter for the USA. The random drawing for Gold goes to...

Jamaica (Zach Martin) - 5 Bonus Pts

Kim Rhode won the shooting Gold making her the first American to win medals at 5 straight Olympics. The random drawing for Gold goes to... Czech Republic (Emilie Torres) - 5 Bonus Pts

Congratulations to Jamaica and Czech Republic! Keep rooting for the USA to win points.

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

First post for the Olympic Rings competition, Erin Cress (Denmark) made the rings out of yarn.

Update to the South Korea Archery story:

Im Dong Hyun, an Olympic archer from South Korea who is legally blind, broke his own world record, scoring 699 out of 720 in the first round of competition.


Great!

Tina Torres (South Korea) sent this article on the South Korean Archery team and their history of Gold.

South Korea – South Korea has absolutely dominated Olympic archery since the sport made its debut in 1988. They’ve won gold in the last three Olympic men’s team events and have won every gold medal possible for women’s team archery events. This year, they’ve already set two world records and will likely continue to kick some serious ass. On the men’s side, pay close attention to Im Dong-Hyun, who is legally blind!


I love the last fact in this article!!! Thanks, Tina!

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK: 20 pts

This week the challenge is to take a photo of the olympic rings in real life. Whether it be 5 bowls of ice cream or bracelets connected in the shape of the rings, find a creative way to make your own Olympic rings out of an everyday item.

Have fun and send all photos to erinbcress@gmail.com to have them posted by Sunday August 5th!

And as Always,
May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Our current Silver Medalist, Pam Keller (Italy) shows her national pride with a victory picture from the games...

... And stickers!!!!

Great team spirit - this will be taken into account for the spirit award!!!!

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!!!

Alix Boyd (Argentina) with a bottle of Argentinian Wine in Montana! 5 Bonus pts for Argentina!

Also, Dakota Decker (Spain) found Spanish wine in Montana! 5 Bonus pts for Spain!

Keep up the Olympic Spirit you guys!

After the first day of competition, here are the standings for Our Olympics 2012:

Gold - South Korea (Tina Torres) - 85 pts

Silver - Italy (Pam Keller) - 55 pts

Bronze - Three Way Tie  - 30 pts

Brazil (Hannah Martin) - 30 pts

Canada (Derek Gutierrez) - 30 pts

Czech Republic (Emilie Torres) - 30 pts

Occasionally, I will give the rest of the teams and their ranking order. As of today the order is the above five teams and....

- Japan (Kathy Smith) - 25 pts
- Germany (Simona Hareer) - 15 pts
- Kazakhstan (Lisa Blair) - 15 pts
- Spain (Dakota Decker) - 15 pts
- Bulgaria (Dave Martin) - 10 pts
- Netherlands (Adrian Garcia) - 10 pts
- Poland (Marshall Cress) - 10 pts
- Romania (Elyse Jarvis) - 10 pts
- Hungary (Allison Montanille) - 5 pts
- Kenya (Dan Perez) - 5 pts
- New Zealand (Amanda Winningham) - 5 pts
- Norway (Kevin Rafferty) - 5 pts
- Uzbekistan (Sue Martin) - 5 pts

The rest of the teams have not scored any points to date.

Congratulations to all on the board!

And as Always,
May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!

Today, Ryan Lochte brought home Gold for the Men's 400 Meter Individual Medley Swimming!

The random drawing for 5 bonus points go to... Kenya (Dan Perez)!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep rooting for the US for more chances to win!

Just in case you did not get to see the Parade of Nations, here are our bests and worst:

Czech:

Germany:

Spain:

Thanks to all who voted - more to come later!

The winners for the parade of nations competition are as follows -

Best Olympic Outfit:
Czech Republic (Emilie Torres) - 25 pts

Worst Olympic Outfit: (Tied)
Germany (Simona Hareer) - 15 pts
Spain (Dakota Decker) - 15 pts

Congratulations, those point will be added to your medal count!

And as Always,
May the Odds be ever in your Favor!