Tina Torres (South Korea) shared this amazing link with us. It highlights all the really great photos of the Games.

http://olympics.time.com/2012/07/28/olympic-highlights-in-photographs/

These photos are so amazing! 5 bonus pts.

Here is a South Korean Fan... I believe he is trying to say, "we are number one." However, it might not appear as he hoped.

Thanks Tina for the funny photo - 5 pts!

Tina Torres (South Korea) submitted this photo of a weightlifting South Korean with a dislocated elbow.

Bonus points for the picture: 5 pts

Twenty fourth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her tenth rings out of Climbing Slings.

Twenty fourth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her tenth rings out of bandanas.

Twenty third post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her Ninth rings out of Fondue Sticks.

Twenty second post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her Eighth rings out of bracelets.

Twenty first post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her Seventh rings out of furry skull toys.

Twentieth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her Sixth rings out of dice.

Nineteenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her fifth rings out of Legos.

Eighteenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her fourth rings out of Disney Princess Doll - great.

Seventeenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her third rings out of Tennis shoes - SO CUTE!!!!

Sixteenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made her second rings out of flower hair clips.

Fifteenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Tina Torres (South Korea) made the rings out of Frisbees.

Gary Keller (Ethiopia) sent this article on the largest olympic athlete - "the little mountain."

http://zeenews.india.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/judo/olympic-2012-at-218kg-judoko-ricardo-blas-jr-is-olympics-heaviest-athlete_746745.html

Bonus points: 5 pts for today. I also forgot to give out some bonus points for earlier today - 10 pts.

Enjoy this fun read!

Fourteenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Elyse Jarvis (Romania) made the rings out of placemats made by Kathy Smith (Japan).

Reminder today is the last day to post your photos for the Olympic Rings Competition. We have already had a lot of great posts, so thank you to those who have posted. Tonight at 11:59 is the last time to have a photo posted. Send all photos to erinbcress@gmail.com.

Voting for the competition will take place from Sunday Morning - Monday night at 9:00pm.

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

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


Gold Medal: Germany (Simona Hareer) - 250 pts

Silver Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 245 pts

Bronze Medal: France (Lori Cress) - 225 pts

Here are the standings to date:

Japan	Kathy Smith	215
Italy	Pam Keller	150
Romania	Elyse Jarvis	105
New Zealand	Amanda Winningham	95
Ukraine	Krystyn Slack	90
Canada	Derek Gutierrez	80
Hungary	Allison Montanille	80
Kazakhstan	Lisa Blair	65
Czech Rep.	Emilie Torres	60
Cuba	Amy Brennan	60
Poland	Marshall Cress	60
Netherlands	Adrian Garcia	55
Brazil	Hannah Martin	55
Spain	Dakota Decker	55
Kenya	Dan Perez	50
Norway	Kevin Rafferty	40
Turkey	Brittany Cress	40
Croatia	Steve Keller	40
Belarus	Carrie Stockton	35
Azerbaijan	Brian Hughes	30
Jamaica	Zach Martin	30
India	Sean McDonald	30
Switzerland	Jessica Marshall	30
Georgia	Graydon Cress	25
Slovakia	Danielle Gibbs	25
Denmark	Erin Cress	25
Sweden	Fletcher Martin	20
Ethiopia	Gary Keller	20
Bulgaria	Dave Martin	15
Argentina	Alix Boyd	10
Uzbekistan	Sue Marin	10

Armenia         Brian Cress                     5

Also, we are starting to post flags for the Middle of the Road and Coal Prize:

Middle of the Road Medal: Kenya (Dan Perez) - 50 pts

Coal Medal: Armenia (Brian Cress) - 5 pts

Congratulations to those on the Podium! (I would also like to note that Brian and Lori are married and on opposite sides of the game - Love it!)

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

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!


Katie LeDecky won the Women's 800m freestyle at the age of 15! Incredible! The random drawing goes to... Switzerland (Jessica Marshall) - 25- Bonus points (Any swimming Gold Medals were worth 25 pts last night). Plus Jess was the last team to get points - 5 Bonus points!

Michael Phelps raced his last official individual race last night, the 100m Butterfly, and took home Gold.

The Random Drawing goes to... Croatia (Steve Keller) - 25 pts.

Missy Franklin won the Gold in the 200m Backstroke! The Random Drawing goes to.... New Zealand (Amanda Winningham) - 25 pts.

Congratulations to Switzerland, Croatia and New Zealand! 

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Pam Keller (Italy) visited Disney California Adventure Park and decided to take a picture at Luigi's Flying Tires. Good job rooting for your team - 5 Bonus points to Italy (Pam Keller).

Brittany Cress (Turkey) competed in her own office olympics at the IJM office in Washington DC. In a fierce cart wheel competition, she brought home Gold to the United States. Her competitor had a catastrophic (thank you commentators for this overused word) run in with an office file cabinet.

Since an American took home Gold in the Olympics, that is 25 Bonus points for Turkey (Brittany Cress). Congratulations!

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

Thirteenth post for the Olympic Rings competition, Adrian Garcia (Netherlands) made the rings out of Cereal.