After the Tenth day of competition and our second double day, here are the standings for Our Olympics 2012:

Gold Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 435 pts

Silver Medal: France (Lori Cress) - 310 pts

Bronze Medal: Japan (Kathy Smith) - 300 pts

Here are the rest of the standings:

Germany	Simona Hareer	275
Italy	Pam Keller	245
Hungary	Allison Montanille	165
Romania	Elyse Jarvis	155
Denmark	Erin Cress	135
Czech Rep.	Emilie Torres	130
Ukraine	Krystyn Slack	120
Canada	Derek Gutierrez	115
Kazakhstan	Lisa Blair	115
New Zealand	Amanda Winningham	115
Ethiopia	Gary Keller	110
Kenya	Dan Perez	110
Jamaica	Zach Martin	105
Belarus	Carrie Stockton	100
Netherlands	Adrian Garcia	100
Cuba	Amy Brennan	90
Brazil	Hannah Martin	85
Poland	Marshall Cress	85
Turkey	Brittany Cress	85
Croatia	Steve Keller	70
Sweden	Fletcher Martin	70
Azerbaijan	Brian Hughes	65
Switzerland	Jessica Marshall	65
Spain	Dakota Decker	55
Georgia	Graydon Cress	50
Armenia	Brian Cress	45
Norway	Kevin Rafferty	45
Argentina	Alix Boyd	35
Bulgaria	Dave Martin	35
India	Sean McDonald	35
Slovakia	Danielle Gibbs	35
Uzbekistan	Sue Marin	15

Middle of the Road: Belarus (Carrie Stockton) - 100 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!
(I just want to mention that I was typing this message as a hunger games trailer came on NBC.)

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!

Jenn Suhr took home Gold in the Track and Field Women's Pole Vault. The random drawing goes to...
Bulgaria (Dave Martin) - 5 pts.

Congratulations to Bulgaria our only winner for tonight!

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

Elyse Jarvis (Romania) submitted two inspirational pieces.

The first a Brazilian woman, Sarah Menezes, who hid her Judo skills from her parents and took home the Gold medal. The first Gold medal in Judo for Brazil.

Here is the link:
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/a6ae67b6-5563-467d-92ea-68a2121d9385.jpg

And second, the next sport Elyse hopes to pick up in her spare time.

Thanks for the submissions - 5 bonus points for Romania!

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

Third Submission FYG (Find Your Greatness) Photo Contest:

How did Graydon Cress (Georgia) help another find their greatness?

He saw a post that said that the Olympics used to give Gold medals to horses. The medals were awarded to the horse that could jump the farthest. So he submitted the doggy paddle for Olympic Consideration.

Oh and yes that is a silver medal! Thanks Caffrey!

Second Submission FYG Photo Contest:

How did Pam Keller (Italy) and Gary Keller (Ethiopia) find their greatness?

They impersonated Danell Leyva and his father from the Men's Gymnastics team.

Real:

Gary Keller (Ethiopia):

Real:

Pam Keller (Italy) and Gary Keller (Ethiopia):

Plus, this is the 100th post so 10 bonus points to Italy and Ethiopia for their submission!

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

First Submission FYG (Find Your Greatness) Photo Contest:

How did Erin Cress (Denmark), Lisa Blair (Kazakhstan) and Adrian Garcia (Netherlands) find their greatness?

They participated in the 49th Annual Disneyland Canoe Races. They may not have won but it was all of their first times participating in the competition. Good job guys!

Erin Cress (Denmark) found this travel book and commented, "Maybe I will plan my next trip to my country!"

For the first photo competition for the Olympic Rings, the following teams were voted the winners:

Gold Medal: Turkey (Brittany Cress) - 30 pts

Silver Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 25 pts

Bronze Medal: Czech Republic (Emilie Torres) - 20 pts

Congratulations to all of our winners - your points will be added tonight!

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

After the Ninth day of competition and our second double day, here are the standings for Our Olympics 2012:


Gold Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 385 pts

Silver Medal: France (Lori Cress) - 300 pts

Bronze Medal: Japan (Kathy Smith) - 295 pts

And here are the rest of the standings:

Germany	Simona Hareer	275
Italy	Pam Keller	205
Hungary	Allison Montanille	165
Romania	Elyse Jarvis	150
Denmark	Erin Cress	135
Canada	Derek Gutierrez	115
Czech Rep.	Emilie Torres	110
Kazakhstan	Lisa Blair	110
Kenya	Dan Perez	110
Jamaica	Zach Martin	105
New Zealand	Amanda Winningham	105
Ukraine	Krystyn Slack	100
Ethiopia	Gary Keller	95
Belarus	Carrie Stockton	85
Netherlands	Adrian Garcia	80
Poland	Marshall Cress	75
Brazil	Hannah Martin	70
Azerbaijan	Brian Hughes	65
Cuba	Amy Brennan	65
Switzerland	Jessica Marshall	65
Sweden	Fletcher Martin	60
Croatia	Steve Keller	55
Spain	Dakota Decker	55
Turkey	Brittany Cress	50
Armenia	Brian Cress	45
Norway	Kevin Rafferty	45
Georgia	Graydon Cress	40
Argentina	Alix Boyd	35
India	Sean McDonald	35
Slovakia	Danielle Gibbs	35
Bulgaria	Dave Martin	30

Uzbekistan    Sue Martin                   15

Middle of the Road: Netherlands (Adrian Garcia) - 80 pts

Coal Medal: Uzbekistan (Sue Martin) - 15 pts

Congratulations to Hungary and Denmark who earned the most medals today and won the most bonus points for doubles day - 35 pts. Congratulations also 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!


Sanya Richards-Ross won Gold for Track and Field Women's 400M. The random double day drawing goes to...
Romania (Elyse Jarvis) - 10 pts.

Also, in Women's Doubles, Serena and Venus Williams took home the Gold.

Serena Williams: Poland (Marshall Cress) - 10 pts
Venus Williams: Bulgaria (Dave Martin) - 10 pts


Congratulations to Romania, Poland and Bulgaria who won double bonus points on our double day. (It is great that some of our double bonus points were for women's doubles!)


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