Graydon Cress (Georgia) sent these funny images that he found on the internet.

People attempting synchronized swimming.

And my personal favorite since it relates directly to our game!!!!

So funny! 5 Bonus points.

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK: 20 pts

Find your Greatness. 
The Nike ad is our inspiration for our challenge this week. Find a way to imitate your favorite athlete in the Olympic Games or your favorite sport. Challenge yourself to try something new or just laugh trying to do something fun. Love Gymnastics - do a cart wheel. Wanna be Missy Franklin? Hop in the pool. Wish a sport was in the Olympics? Make an Olympic moment. Most importantly have fun and turn in your picture by Friday the 10th at 10:00 pm. 

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

Reminder today is our second Double Day! That means that all Medals won today are worth double the points.

Root hard for your team!

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

Gary Keller (Ethiopia) sent another great interactive link to discover what Olympic Sport you are in the Olympics.

www.blogthings.com/whatolympicsportareyouquiz/

5 bonus points for sharing more fun!

Erin Cress (Denmark) posted a photo of her cousin, Gavin Naylor, at the Olympics!!!!

Anyone else have a relative at the Olympics? Post it!

Allison Montanille (Hungary) sent this beautiful photo in of London.

5 Bonus points for you!!!

Gary Keller (Ethiopia) shared this great link where you can find out with your weight and height which athlete is most like you in size.

http://www.repsmag.com/extra-reps/whats-your-olympic-body-type

5 pts for Ethiopia because this is really fun!

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


Gold Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 325 pts

Silver Medal: Germany (Simona Hareer) - 265 pts

Bronze Medal: France (Lori Cress) - 250 pts

Here are the standings thus far:

Japan	Kathy Smith	245
Italy	Pam Keller	175
Canada	Derek Gutierrez	115
Romania	Elyse Jarvis	110
New Zealand	Amanda Winningham	105
Czech Rep.	Emilie Torres	90
Hungary	Allison Montanille	90
Ukraine	Krystyn Slack	90
Kazakhstan	Lisa Blair	80
Netherlands	Adrian Garcia	80
Cuba	Amy Brennan	65
Denmark	Erin Cress	65
Poland	Marshall Cress	65
Brazil	Hannah Martin	60
Belarus	Carrie Stockton	55
Croatia	Steve Keller	55
Ethiopia	Gary Keller	55
Jamaica	Zach Martin	55
Spain	Dakota Decker	55
Kenya	Dan Perez	50
Turkey	Brittany Cress	50
Norway	Kevin Rafferty	45
Switzerland	Jessica Marshall	45
Azerbaijan	Brian Hughes	35
Georgia	Graydon Cress	35
India	Sean McDonald	35
Slovakia	Danielle Gibbs	35
Sweden	Fletcher Martin	30
Argentina	Alix Boyd	25
Bulgaria	Dave Martin	20
Armenia	Brian Cress	15

Uzbekistan     Sue Martin                    15


Middle of the Road: Belarus (Carrie Stockton) - 55 pts

Coal Medal: Uzbekistan (Sue Martin) - 15 pts

Congratulations to everyone on the podium!!

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

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!


The Men's 4X100M Medley Relay won Gold tonight!!!! There were eight men on the team - 4 in qualifying and 4 in the final.

The random drawing goes to...


Nick Thoman: Czech Republic (Emilie Torres) - 5 pts
Cullen Jones: Ethiopia (Gary Keller) - 5 pts
Eric Shanteau: Germany (Simona Hareer) - 5 pts
Tyler McGill: Brazil (Hannah Martin) - 5 pts


Brendan Hansen: Poland (Marshall Cress) - 5 pts
Nathan Adrian: Azerbaijan (Brian Hughes) - 5 pts
Matt Grevers: Belarus (Carrie Stockton) - 5 pts


and in honor of Michael Phelps final race 10 pts will be awarded to Argentina (Alix Boyd).

The Women's 4X100M Medley Relay won Gold tonight!!!! There were eight women on the team - 4 in qualifying and 4 in the final.

Claire Donahue: Cuba (Amy Brennan) - 5 pts
Rachel Bootsma: Denmark (Erin Cress) - 5 pts
Jessica Hardy: Norway (Kevin Rafferty) - 5 pts
Breeja Larson: Armenia (Brian Cress) - 5 pts


Dana Vollmer: Bulgaria (Dave Martin) - 5 pts
Rebecca Soni: Hungary (Allison Montanille) - 10 pts - Double Points Card Drawn
Missy Franklin: Jamaica (Zach Martin) - 5 pts
Allison Schmitt: Canada (Derek Gutierrez) - 5 pts


In Men's Tennis Doubles, Mike and Bob Bryan took home the Gold. 

Mike Bryan: Turkey (Brittany Cress) - 5 pts
Bob Bryan: Uzbekistan (Sue Martin) - 5 pts

Jamie Grey took home the Gold in shooting 50m Rifle 3 pos. The random drawing goes to.....

New Zealand (Amanda Winningham) - 5 pts

Finally, Serena Williams took home Gold for Women's tennis single. The random drawing goes to...

Italy (Pam Keller) - 5 pts.

Congratulations to all the teams that received points today.

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor. 

Here are the photos to vote on for the finals in our first week of competition. Please vote for a Gold, Silver and Bronze photo. The point values will be 30 pts for Gold, 25 pts for Silver and 20 pts for Bronze.

1. Climbing Slings

2. Cereal

3. Rocks

4. Paper Plates

5. Crocheting

6. Glassy Baby

7. Origami pin wheels

8. Highlighters and Pens

9. People with coordinated shirts

10. Fruit Loops

11. Breakfast

12. Lemons

13. Cheddar Cheese

14. Place Mats

15. Frisbees

16. Flower Hair Clips

17. Tennis Shoes

18. Fuzzy Scull Toys

19. Dice

20. Legos

21. Disney Princess Toys

22. Bracelets

23. Fondue Sticks

24. Bandanas

25. Contact Case

Here are the 25 photos to vote on - please pick your top three. Also, for every photo that someone contributed 5 pts will be awarded to your country. And good luck with winning the photo competition.

Vote by 9:00pm pacific time on Monday night.

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!