Oglympics

I rarely update the site except during the actual Olympics, but the recent news about former USA Track and Field Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton has vaulted her immediately into the Oglympics Hall of Fame. For those who have been living under a rock for the last five days, last Friday The Smoking Gun released a [...]

Congrats to the Netherland’s Field Hockey team as they defeated Argentina in the gold medal game today spoiling Oglympian Luciana Aymar’s retirement party. The Dutch girls have been a real hit, not only for their play but also for their overall beauty. Before I single out any of them, I wanted to honor them as [...]

I hesitated including Regina because I couldn’t confirm with 100% confidence that she was competing in the Olympics. Both Wikipedia and NBCOlympics.com list her as a competitor for Germany but I couldn’t find her listed on the start list for the gymnastics competition. I have to assume that she is just with the team as [...]

Angela Maurer is a 37 year old open water swimmer from Germany. London will be her second Olympic Games. In Beijing she took fourth in the 10K swim. With seven medals in open water World Championships, Angela will be one of the favorites in London. She is also a member of the International Marathon Swimming [...]

Ineta is a 5’10″ 31 year old Latvia long and triple jumper. She went to college in the US at Nebraska where she was the NCAA long jump champ in 2003. At Nebraska she was a seven time NCAA All-American and won numerous Big 12 titles. She is married to a Russian professional hockey player [...]

Lolo Jones is a 30 year old high hurdler from the US. She’ll be competing in her second Olympics. Unfortunately, she won’t be favored to win like she was in Beijing when she tragically hit a hurdle and failed to medal. The easiest way to learn more about Lolo is to watch this video about [...]

Fortunately for me (and my fellow Oglyrs) four members of Frances soccer team were kind enough to pose nude for Bild. They were Corrine Franco, Sarah Bouhaddi, Gaetane Thiney, and Elodie Thomis. Just for good measure, I added one, Laure Boulleau, who gets in without taking her clothes off for just being gorgeous. First some [...]

For Great Britain, there’s little doubt that Jessica Ennis is the face of the London Games. Jessica is a 26 year old heptathlete from Great Britain with an absolutely ripped body. If the male Olympic decathlon champion is considered the greatest athlete in the world, the clearly the female Olympic heptathlete deserves the equivalent accolade. [...]