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What I love, among many things, about the Olympics is the sheer, unfiltered joy on the faces of the women as they reach their goals. It may be a gold medal. It may be a personal best. It may just be having made it to the grandest stage of her sport. But in that moment of supreme accomplishment, she has a beauty that transcends simple victory. This is not about bragging. This is about happiness. Of course, I also love that in their jubilant moments of triumph these women tend to look super, duper gay.
Kerri Walsh & Misty May-Treanor , USA, beach volleyball![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KcFtJJ9ARA_4UwHG-Aot0WPrGCtchXanDjku8NhOCSF0_-O1y6AFQkeB4Hmw1fmQl66bSLQmvkbWOInDpFeHKqYvhOKefgAjy93JhVF8gk1Ac5ZXRcFr8SX1YLEygYwmv58bgfG_0a57/s400/SGALGG_2.jpg)
Great sport or greatest sport ever?
Tamsin Barnett & Natalie Cook, Australia, beach volleyball![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZantptYlC1vzVmSguLPnyBBy-rg6GJ7B1zkcUIkgCbEIus7xXXaxG4_id-tgY9WZ-eeuyc34y0eBgJmUS_2IxUvYzqt4XnemtlP1n_bdkR3fkO1YsHuVCnxaJHO9OUg80zDZ6GX7FsNlO/s400/SGALGG_3.jpg)
Closer, closer, closer...
Luiza Almeida & friend, Brazil, dressage![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinaVenE5BuxgNn4kWcMqL6DVWtsVqyXj2Wg-8L_88zzfLZILN622y0pShVUV9tBhDug7Zx2d2AvkaW7bKkrv3l1ZWiVtl9B39O7cmeTH0m7ad2vfYoXzJ2vTWdT-d1O3nzoJhEwfjKdE_/s400/SGALGG_4.jpg)
She is 16, so behave.
Keri-Anne Payne & Cassandra Patten, Great Britain, women's marathon swimming![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1qw-8wqKu70TDAeRTV3m3fPn4_OI15HyaiZKgdKxpMt-qHH_0fGtshHMOHa9ZwASH0zQZC_Koggq0YukfCDenfOyzezJ36DdgWxXHfp0-aUGsMkQfJv8X3hKINWPntcNPuYJAIjQHhd5/s400/SGALGG_5.jpg)
All that swimming deserves a kiss.
Hanna Thompson & Emily Cross, USA, fencing![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKBjQnQZDypq18ECv8_puLWEhbIV6pPulcZzBfByRWNi1By9ExzzFQOnpxcDBCjGk9P-YHUCHUAr4Q0LIZpO0qDV99mWK5tTs_RypfnMkCpnWgi-ETCYRLAS1CMZ4ubkzwR7fISErB8rP3/s400/SGALGG_6.jpg)
Parry, parry, thrust
Women's Eight, USA, rowing![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RU58tZA9fCU4qKSr8pH1CnItaBrjskCLP4Nu2hqvUcqwnVIMWzUxpvLtJAWf-3gi3NscofCjwgaI41TX_ah7KTXgpJ0BfmdnQ2Arp75e9wk-wamBWNxKq4Bf8eQFN_3gMP2XpT_nIOea/s400/SGALGG_7.jpg)
Oh, to be the ninth.
Nicole Hudson & Sarah Young, Australia, field hockey![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Z5KpXV5sAQjyVl9DDaxAA575lJ9z5O5VgdlikN-fuWrEq943pBgat7Pmf0eTWiFWw-ZYwUKF9eYbbYLhkLc1mvNU0w9Wl_hQCRdG0dBzmu2txAj3w6V_K6DCPo-8-TP94zOENVVlBFox/s400/SGALGG_8.jpg)
Sticks, tattoos, muscles, dresses...where was I?
Rebecca Adlington & Cassandra Patten, Great Britain, swimming![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGH-N8cO8cJoKalUGkCZolhKVLjopCl5TCjOczNsXTSDEPJFKcxQpw7LFmO5VT0lqynoWP5RJzf6e8-DFRJj9IbVBjgMWJP6ykWHvrsxfBmetMtcKzIjI5mk3MZkAMg10-GYqBRMDuRMY/s400/SGALGG_9.jpg)
Public pool, private moment.
Xue Chen & Zhang Xi, China, beach volleyball![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzL5gVZTupDyTSl-wBhc2elnbYcM7uHOE59RoJlAtwz_Rp_4RA1KdXRsvhOXYPkfYF_ZwKP6ywXqojWL9fAT-4FU_U6CkoGnU4WTEapqYIthD76hAxYM5__Z0_cP5ln70vOYlAuGggUpiU/s400/SGALGG_10.jpg)
Hands, hands!
Li Jia Wei & Feng Tianwei, Singapore, table tennis![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr4HMaWRrxS_cliLvPGyRsAqHhlRoqqkxwU6vEL3v6B5kIXdVrbqyZIAXdR0fftLSDlZKwnuTiISWcuB3pVLmMLJ5SSaVJA8qrYyhXvTBUjwfD52H4jQlnBmaRuKS-PfvgidwZvM2RBRE/s400/SGALGG_11.jpg)
I watched table tennis all last night. It. Was. Awesome.
Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova, Russia, synchronized swimming![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51-xuhuz_MJiMdws24I5HbbVYUGhnnyiZf9SjYPuiZz6QFtKpsFS-votSsjlO5GU-SuL2ZtB1bQzGYrk7ASW-w5w0faH1eCaDKF_zYZhMs7o-CmSwiFO2hWArDkPnbzIdaiPpj7xrp-EW/s400/SGALGG_12.jpg)
Clearly too much eyeshadow to actually be gay, and yet...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVKcqVw_XnXXH2oUcSLkLd2m7z0Wq4fIO7z-flI-4aE13DvyEkPKr00GSfB2DUjCWMoW8s0Eovch_R_FTMh5GS0F3Vhp1POmyc5brcCO6kfMfdwq2n8N_WFKc3qvxO5Ncy-Ve0aBk9DcZ/s400/SGALGG_13.jpg)
...this is how they celebrated their 2004 gold medal in Athens.
Dara Torres, USA, hottie![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxafeoW2oUMOG6UvHhfy7GmJon-BQytYLtumH_6q40vRjuwm5n9C2vY9zeHnO8rVKuE0lYPNscURFtanutsX85t5KrT_9va6_VSk-KA78glJR3psiZff_vatpMwL5W01ORLc-kouGkUqv/s400/SGALGG_14.jpg)
This one is for
the ladies of Shakesville, you know who you are. Sorry I couldn't bring along Tina, too. Sadly, they still haven't officially recognized “awesome” as an Olympic sport. Bastards.
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