The London Olympic games are over now, and while the athletes are reflecting on their performances, Twitter has been hard at work breaking down their Olympic numbers.
The 2012 Summer Olympics came to a close in London on Sunday with the United States adding two more gold medals to bring its Olympic-high total to 46. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:
The United States won nine medals, including five golds, to take a commanding lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Thursday. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:
Diving into a swimming pool seems easy enough, I mean all you do is jump! Well, if it were that easy then everyone would do it and I wouldn't be able to feature these two awesomely bad dives!
Winning a gold medal at the Olympics is a very emotional time. For most athletes it is the culmination of a lifetime of training.
It should come as no surprise that 16% of the gold medal winners break down in tears on the podium, but who cries the most?
Led by seven medals from its track athletes, the United States ran past China into the lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Wednesday. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:
German Weightlifter Matthias Steiner picks up a 432 lbs barbell and drops it on his neck. Being an Olympic athlete is one of the highest achievement you can reach in life.
Athletes train their whole lives for one moment to perform in front of a line of judges. Then this guy goes and drops a barbell on his neck....
I'm sure you've heard about the many hook ups that happen between athletes living in the Olympic Village during the Olympics.
Four years ago it was so public that the organizers included unlimited access to condoms, and other forms of protection to the athletes.
This year, the orientation video is a little different, and takes the sex issue head on.