Our Olympics 2012: Aug 1, 2012

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

Gold Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 195 pts

Silver Medal: Germany (Simona Hareer) - 185 pts

Bronze Medal: Japan (Kathy Smith) - 175 pts

The rest of the standings are as follows:



France	Lori Cress	155
Italy	Pam Keller	115
Romania	Elyse Jarvis	90
Ukraine	Krystyn Slack	90
Hungary	Allison Montanille	75
Canada	Derek Gutierrez	70
Czech Rep.	Emilie Torres	45
Kazakhstan	Lisa Blair	45
Norway	Kevin Rafferty	40
Brazil	Hannah Martin	35
Spain	Dakota Decker	35
Azerbaijan	Brian Hughes	30
Cuba	Amy Brennan	30
Kenya	Dan Perez	30
Netherlands	Adrian Garcia	30
Georgia	Graydon Cress	25
New Zealand	Amanda Winningham	20
Poland	Marshall Cress	20
Bulgaria	Dave Martin	15
Denmark	Erin Cress	15
India	Sean McDonald	15
Slovakia	Danielle Gibbs	15
Sweden	Fletcher Martin	10
Turkey	Brittany Cress	10
Uzbekistan	Sue Marin	10
Argentina	Alix Boyd	5
Belarus	Carrie Stockton	5
Croatia	Steve Keller	5
Jamaica	Zach Martin	5

Congratulations to all the teams on the podium and on the points board! Keep on getting bonus points and of course winning medals.

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

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!

Nathan Adrian won Gold today for the Men's 100 Freestyle. The random drawing winner goes to....
Cuba (Amy Brennan) - 5 pts

In swimming, our american girls won Gold the women's 200 freestyle relay!

Allison Schmitt: The random drawing goes to... Brazil (Hannah Martin) - 5 pts
Missy Franklin: The random drawing goes to... Italy (Pam Keller) - 5 pts
Dana Vollmer: The random drawing goes to... New Zealand (Amanda Winningham) - 5 pts
Shannon Vreeland: The random drawing goes to... Hungary (Allison Montanille) - 5 pts

Kristin Armstrong won Gold in the Women's individual time trial in cycling. The random drawing goes to... Croatia (Steve Keller) - 5 pts

Congratulations to Cuba, Brazil, Italy, New Zealand, Hungary and Croatia! Keep rooting for the USA to win more points!

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Tenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Gary Keller (Ethiopia) made the rings out of Fruit Loops.

Ninth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Graydon Cress (Georgia) made his second picture of rings out of lemons.

Spain breaks the drought and Mireia Belmonte Garcia won Spain's first medal in the 200m butterfly today!

Congrats Spain (Dakota Decker) for entering the medal race. Thanks for submitting the picture :)

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

Eighth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Brittany Cress (Turkey) made Olympic rings out of herself and friends from her work at International Justice Mission.

Bonus points: Turkey - 5 points - This is because this is the 50th post on the blog. Good timing!

Erin Cress (Denmark) was walking a few blocks from her house when she stumbled across a Denmark watch company. Danish Pride!!!

Dakota Decker (Spain) just gave us a link to this amazing Olympics montage video. It truly highlights the passion, emotion and drive of the Olympics. Dakota says, "One of the best Olympic montages, the song is done by muse, a british band. who knew?!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66molzUEkWI

Hidden Bonus point: 5 pts to Spain (Dakota). Keep sharing these awesome videos!

Seventh post for the Olympic Rings competition, Alix Boyd (Argentina) turned breakfast with a friend into the Olympic rings.

Graydon Cress (Georgia) decided to swim like an Olympiad today in the Biola University pool. In true Olympian fashion, he gave it everything that he had and lost his breakfast in the locker room trash can for the sake of pushing his body as far as it could go.

Hidden Bonus point of the day: 10 pts to Georgia for living the dream, no matter the consequence.

"Find your greatness" to quote Nike!

Pam Keller (Italy) wanted to recognize an enthusiastic Italian athlete who celebrated his birthday with a gold medal - not a bad way to spend a birthday!

"Italy's Daniele Molmenti celebrates winning the gold medal in the final of the K-1 men's kayak slalom at Lee Valley Whitewater Center, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in Waltham Cross near London."

Congratulations, Italy (Pam Keller) and keep sharing great stories like these! These stories really make the Olympics.

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

Gold Medal: Tie - South Korea (Tina Torres) and Japan (Kathy Smith) - 145 pts

Bronze Medal: France (Lori Cress) - 135 pts

The rest of our standings are as follows:

Germany	Simona Hareer	115
Italy	Pam Keller	95
Romania	Elyse Jarvis	80
Ukraine	Krystyn Slack	65
Canada	Derek Gutierrez	55
Hungary	Allison Montanille	55
Kazakhstan	Lisa Blair	45
Czech Rep.	Emilie Torres	35
Azerbaijan	Brian Hughes	30
Brazil	Hannah Martin	30
Kenya	Dan Perez	30
Norway	Kevin Rafferty	30
Netherlands	Adrian Garcia	25
Poland	Marshall Cress	20
Spain	Dakota Decker	20
Bulgaria	Dave Martin	15
Denmark	Erin Cress	15
Georgia	Graydon Cress	15
India	Sean McDonald	15
Slovakia	Danielle Gibbs	15
Cuba	Amy Brennan	10
New Zealand	Amanda Winningham	10
Sweden	Fletcher Martin	10
Uzbekistan	Sue Marin	10
Argentina	Alix Boyd	5
Jamaica	Zach Martin	5
Turkey	Brittany Cress	5

Congratulations to all our teams on the Podium and everyone with points.

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!

There are a lot of points today! Plus if anyone from Gymnastics wins Gold it is worth 25 points!

1. Allison Schmitt won the 200 Freestyle. Random Drawing Bonus: Uzbekistan - Sue Martin (5 pts).