olympic slash
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lobelia321 Slashy pictures from the Olympics 2008! From Getty images hence watermark.
US waterpolo team members.
US and China beach volleyball team members.
Great Britain marathon swimmers.
Brazil beach volleyball team members.
My OT3. Men's kayak. Medallists from Britain, Canada and Australia huddle round and slap not only each on the back but also their kayaks!
More of my favourite kayakists. I love them! I love the way they all hugged and huddled, winners, losers, everyone! The photos don't show it but at one point all eight or so of the kayakists were doing this: hugging, shaking hands, slapping each others'crotches boats.
French swimmers.
French and Togo kayak medallists.
German synchronised divers.
Politicians in Beijing. Yep, they're into it, too.
Bitchy girl hugs. No touching below the shoulderblades, please! We are gymnasts!
A bonus non-slashy picture of a true heroine of the Beijing Olympics: Robina Muqimyar of Afghanistan who came last in the heats but who is a heroine simply for having made it there against odds, who trained on the broken ground of the Kabul stadium where the Taliban had used to execute and stone people, and who said to interviewers "I'll wear whatever they want me to wear" when asked about the Afghani authorities who were resistant to allowing a woman to show her face to the world. So she ran with a veil but it's a leopard-print with tiny sequins sewn on!
So: what were your favourite slashy moments?
And what sport is the slashiest? (I vote for men's single kayak.)
US waterpolo team members.
US and China beach volleyball team members.
Great Britain marathon swimmers.
Brazil beach volleyball team members.
My OT3. Men's kayak. Medallists from Britain, Canada and Australia huddle round and slap not only each on the back but also their kayaks!
More of my favourite kayakists. I love them! I love the way they all hugged and huddled, winners, losers, everyone! The photos don't show it but at one point all eight or so of the kayakists were doing this: hugging, shaking hands, slapping each others'
French swimmers.
French and Togo kayak medallists.
German synchronised divers.
Politicians in Beijing. Yep, they're into it, too.
Bitchy girl hugs. No touching below the shoulderblades, please! We are gymnasts!
A bonus non-slashy picture of a true heroine of the Beijing Olympics: Robina Muqimyar of Afghanistan who came last in the heats but who is a heroine simply for having made it there against odds, who trained on the broken ground of the Kabul stadium where the Taliban had used to execute and stone people, and who said to interviewers "I'll wear whatever they want me to wear" when asked about the Afghani authorities who were resistant to allowing a woman to show her face to the world. So she ran with a veil but it's a leopard-print with tiny sequins sewn on!
So: what were your favourite slashy moments?
And what sport is the slashiest? (I vote for men's single kayak.)