The Olympic Flame has been official extinguished and the Olympic Games officially over.
In case you missed the closing ceremonies, here are some pictures of the highlights.

This is also the official closing of Our Olympic Games 2012. The points are in and the scores will be officially posted tomorrow at 8:00 pm. Plus a road to the Medals - a journey of how all our winners got their medals in these Olympic games.

Pam Keller (Italy) congratulated Rio on their upcoming 2016 Olympics by entering herself into the Rhythmic Gymnastics and Alix Boyd (Argentina), Emilie Torres (Czech Republic), Dakota Decker (Spain) and Tina Torres (South Korea) into Cycling. To future Olympiads!

Our Cyclists!

Bonus 15 pts to Pam Keller (Italy) - Can't wait to see you in Rio!

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

Every time the USA wins gold, you win points!

The American men's basketball team took home Gold tonight.

The random drawing goes to...

Russell Westbrook: Kenya (Dan Perez) - 5 pts

Chris Paul: Cuba (Amy Brennan) - 5 pts

Kobe Bryant: Japan (Kathy Smith) - 5 pts

Andre Iguodala: Netherlands (Adrian Garcia) - 5pts

Deron Williams: Switzerland (Jessica Marshall) - 5pts

Kevin Durant: India (Sean McDonald) - 5pts

Tyson Chandler: Denmark (Erin Cress) - 5pts

LeBron James: Jamaica (Zach Martin) - 5 pts

Kevin Love: Spain (Dakota Decker) - 5 pts

Carmelo Anthony: Kazakhstan (Lisa Blair) - 5 pts

James Harden: Norway (Kevin Rafferty Jr.) - 5 pts

Anthony Davis: Turkey (Brittany Cress) - 5 pts

Our last Gold of the Olympic games went to Jake Varner for Men's freestyle Wrestling 96kg/211.5lb.

The random drawing goes to...

Ukraine (Krystyn Slack) - 5 pts.

Congratulations to all our Random Point Drawings and our Americans!

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Gary Keller (Ethiopia) sent this link to an amazing performance of athleticism. Evgenia Kanaeva, probably one of the best athletes in the entire Olympic competition).  To quote Gary, "She defines all that an Olympian should be.  If all of us brought that standard to our work, the world would be a different place."

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/rhythmic-gymnastics/highlights-yevgenia-kanayevas-gold-medal-hoop-routine.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/rhythmic-gymnastics/highlights-yevgenia-kanayevas-gold-medal-ball-routine.html

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/rhythmic-gymnastics/highlights-yevgenia-kanayevas-gold-medal-club-routine.html

Bonus 5 points to Gary Keller (Ethiopia) - great videos

Sadly, the sun is setting on these Olympic games and today is the last day of competition. However, on a happier note, you can still anticipate a Gold medal after the Closing Ceremonies. How is that possible you ask? Well our competitions official medalists will be posted at 8:00 PM on Monday August 13th. Also, that means that tonight no standings will be posted but stay tuned to the blog for last minute bonus point opportunities!

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

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

Gold Medal: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 540 pts

Silver Medal: Germany (Simona Hareer) - 500 pts

Bronze Medal: Japan (Kathy Smith) - 405 pts

The rest of the standings are as follows:

France	Lori Cress	390
Italy	Pam Keller	370
Hungary	Allison Montanille	285
Denmark	Erin Cress	285
Netherlands	Adrian Garcia	255
Ukraine	Krystyn Slack	240
Spain	Dakota Decker	225
Georgia	Graydon Cress	220
Kenya	Dan Perez	210
Azerbaijan	Brian Hughes	210
New Zealand	Amanda Winningham	200
Canada	Derek Gutierrez	200
Jamaica	Zach Martin	200
Czech Rep.	Emilie Torres	200
Romania	Elyse Jarvis	200
Ethiopia	Gary Keller	200
Cuba	Amy Brennan	180
Kazakhstan	Lisa Blair	180
Turkey	Brittany Cress	175
Brazil	Hannah Martin	160
Belarus	Carrie Stockton	150
Croatia	Steve Keller	140
Bulgaria	Dave Martin	130
Poland	Marshall Cress	125
Norway	Kevin Rafferty	110
Sweden	Fletcher Martin	105
Argentina	Alix Boyd	100
Switzerland	Jessica Marshall	95
Armenia	Brian Cress	90
Slovakia	Danielle Gibbs	70
India	Sean McDonald	65
Uzbekistan	Sue Martin	60

Middle of the Road Medal: Romania (Elyse Jarvis) - 200 pts

Coal Medal: Uzbekistan (Sue Martin) - 60 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!

In Track and Field today, in the Women's 4 X 400M, our American Women won Gold!

The random drawing goes to...

Sanya Richards Ross: South Korea (Tina Torres) - 10 Pts (Random Double Bonus Card)
Francena McCorory: Armenia (Brian Cress) - 5 pts
Dee Dee Trotter: Ukriane (Krystyn Slack) - 5 pts
Allyson Felix: Romania (Elyse Jarvis) - 5 pts
Keshia Baker: New Zealand (Amanda Winningham) - 5 pts
Diamond Dixon: India (Sean McDonald) - 5 pts


Also, in Women's basketball, the Americans took home Gold making this the 5th consecutive summer olympics that USA has taken home Gold in Women's basketball. 

The random drawing goes to...

Lindsay Whalen: Croatia (Steve Keller) - 5 pts

Angel McCoughtry: Italy (Pam Keller) - 5 pts

Maya Moore: Hungary (Allison Montanille) - 5 pts

Candace Parker: Georgia (Graydon Cress) - 5 pts

Asjha Jones: Sweden (Fletcher Martin) - 5 pts

Sylvia Fowles: Turkey (Brittany Cress) - 5 pts

Seimone Augustus: Norway (Kevin Rafferty) - 5 pts

Sue Bird: Kazakhstan (Lisa Blair) - 5 pts

Swin Cash: Spain (Dakota Decker) - 5 pts

Tamika Catchings: Kenya (Dan Perez) - 5 pts

Diana Taurasi: Bulgaria (Dave Martin) - 5 pts

Also, in Men's Diving, in a close competition between China's best and England's heart throb, David Boudia took home Gold after several near perfect dives in the Men's 10m Platform. The random drawing worth 25 pts (because a diver took home Gold) goes to...

Denmark (Erin Cress)!

Congratulations to everyone who won bonus points and to all of our amazing American athletes!

And as Always,

May the Odds be ever in your Favor!

Also, everyone in the 2012 Our Olympics competition will receive a card with their flag and their official placement at the end of the Games. Note that there are 35 teams participating so you number is out of 35.

Your placements are changing all the time so keep pushing hard to do the best that you can do!

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