Let's Talk Olympic Figure-Skating: The Pairs
This was exciting!
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This was exciting!
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It's not unwelcome. Just a surprising designer mind-meld.
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View the gallery Every four years I watch the synchro contest and think, "My pool handstands are WEAK. MUST GET TO TRAINING." Then I reach for some chips, so you can imagine how that's gone. [Photos: Getty]
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View the gallery You guys. The human body is amazing. And also beautiful. [PS: If you're looking for our traditional swimmers post, you can see those abs and biceps right here.] [Photos: Getty Images]
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View the gallery You loved them in London. Now, romance them in Rio. I am pleased to bring to you, once again, the finest abs (and arms, and legs, and dimples, and also, surprisingly, glasses) of the Olympic pool. [Photos: Getty Images, Tony G]
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View the gallery The Wall Street Journal wrote an article the other day about how our male gymnasts WANT to be objectified. So I'm really just giving them what they want. The premise of the piece is that men's gymnastics is not nearly as popular as
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View the gallery A couple leotard changes, a couple that stayed the same, and some pretty hardware. (PS: If you missed our coverage of everyone's leos during the qualification round, it's here!) [Photos: Getty]
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View the gallery The women's finals are today -- if they are happening when you read this PLEASE DON'T TELL MEEEEE ANYTHING -- and I can't remember if they change up their leotards or not. So, we might as well get REAL STOKED about them while
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View the gallery I know this is neither a photo of the ceremony itself nor the Parade of Nations, but how could I NOT open with Nadia Comăneci carrying a little checkered purse? It's NADIA. I clap involuntarily every time I see her name, much less her face.
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I am on record, in general, as feeling like Ralph Lauren Polo's polo pony logo (say that ten times fast) has a tendency to overtake every official article of clothing they design, including the gear that Team USA is wearing at the closing ceremony for the upcoming Rio
Read moreAs he did in Sochi, so has Ralph Lauren designed the USA's opening and closing ceremony ensembles for the upcoming Rio Olympics. We haven't seen the opening ceremony outfits yet, but let's discuss the closing looks, shall we? Before we really get into this,
Read moreView the gallery My personal confession is that I hardly ever watch the gala skates. Are you BATTLING FOR DOMINANCE? Then I don't care. (Also, I hate skating to music with vocals, which means my life is going to become very difficult, as rumor has it they'
View GalleryView the gallery At last! The so-called marquee event of the Olympics, as full of DRAMA and FALLS and TIGHTS MALFUNCTIONS and SUSPICIONS OF RIGGING. Did you want to talk about the pairs? We can do that. Do you have a burning desire to weigh in on the drama
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View the gallery In which you will see both the medalists, and a variety of people that I felt you needed to witness in order to live a full and complete life. We've already covered the pairs, and the men's competition, and all the Americans were
View GalleryView the gallery In which I say aloud to the TV, "BRIAN JOUBERT IS STILL ALIVE?!" As I mentioned in my post about the pairs, I got tired of waiting to bring you SKATING SKATING SKATING, so we're breaking this out into a whole bunch of
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