Did anyone find a new favorite athlete?

I was quite smitten with Athing Mu.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
Gold in the 4x400:

Tom Daly
He has the cojones to be OUT.

Justine Wong-Orantes, the USA women's volleyball libero. Totally fearless.

Let's hope this pic isn't massive...

I had chills watching this amazing 14 year old, Quan Hongchan, from China.

Two, actually.

Molly Seidel ... running only her third marathon.



Sydney McLaughlin ... the youngster taking the baton, so to speak, from Delilah Muhammad

Yeah, Molly Seidel for starters. Both her marathon debut at the trials just to make the team, and her performance in Tokyo were remarkable.

On the mens side, while not exactly new, Eliud Kipchoge continues to amaze. Even among fellow international elites, he's so clearly a step above.

(yeah, I'm partial to distance running)

I had way more fun watching the Olympics this year than I expected…

Sky Brown (skateboarding, from Great Britain)


Actually, I really loved many of the skateboarders, on the Men and Women’s sides. The women’s Japanese team were fantastic. So fun!

Andre Degrasse (100m, 200m, Canada)


Honourable mention to Tom Daley (also Great Britain) because of his awesome knitting:


Weird…my photos aren’t posting and I’m too tired to sort it out!