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Well Done, and Thanks, Great Britain!

Samsung commercial nicely wrapping up the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Mo-Boting and Bolting

                   
                   
                   

London Walks tweet: "Here's Mo, he's going to do a Bolt.  That utterance would have been incomprehensible a year ago. Not now."
              

Tribute to 7/7/2005 Victims

Here's the Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony tribute to the 7/72005 London terror attack that NBC cut out.

Madness at Olympic Stadium

Girls Spice Up Closing Ceremony

Thanks London!

Well done, Great Britain! Here's a parting shot from the hilarious folks at Funny or Die. Sir Patrick Stewart stars as an East End Olympic ticket scalper.

The Olympic Ticket Scalper with Sir Patrick Stewart, Ryan Lochte, Simon Pegg & Maisie Williams from Patrick Stewart     

London Double Decker Bus doing Push ups

Czech artist David Cerny's "London Boosted" sculpture.  The installation is featured outside the Czech Olympic headquarters in the host city, "exercising for the Olympic city until it runs out of steam.", according to this article.

Lord Seb Coe's Tribute to London 2012 Volunteer

Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, talks about his favorite Olympic moment so far.

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Well done, Andy!

Congratulations to the new Men's singles Olympic tennis gold medalist! You made us cry in Wimbledon last month. Today, we cried with joy.

(photo from BBC)

Dominique Dawes on Gabby Douglas's Historic Medal

Olympic Fever

 Congratulations to Golden Gabby!

And Merman Michael!

Sir Peter & Stephen

Stephen talks to British Ambassador to the U.S., Sir Peter Westmacott.  When asked which events Great Britain could take medals in, funny how he said they're good at stuff you do sitting down.

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Olympians and their Moms

Another P & G advert that makes me misty-eyed.

Chariots of Fiddles

Scotland celebrates the Games of the XXX Olympiad.

Olympic Concert in Hyde Park

Duran Duran represented England in a concert that coincided with the Opening Ceremony. Paolo Nutini represented Scotland, Stereophonics for Wales, and Patrol for Northern Ireland.

Let the Games Commence!

Her Majesty

100 Days until the Olympics

Cool Runnings

What would Brian Boitano do? He, along with other Winter Olympians, would sign this bull inside the Joe Quinney Winter Sports Center in Utah's Olympic Park.
Utah Olympic Park, Park City
There is also the Alf Engen Ski History Museum inside.


Athletes training at the freestyle water ramps



the unheated training pool