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[wibi]

I've been seeing some pretty cool pictures show up on various news sites and figured it might be worth starting a thread where we can post up pictures from the olympics

[SoxScout]

http://www.boston.co...g_ceremoni.html

[PseuFighter]

Some from me:

[PseuFighter]

czech house:

[PseuFighter]

wembley stadium is my new favorite stadium on the planet.

[ThePrideofShiner]

[geoduck no quahog]

[SoxScout]

Fencing champion from Venezuela

[Dick Pole Upside]

That's awesome.

[Hendu's Gait]

Fencing champion from Venezuela

Citgo/Joe Kennedy/Poor American oil customers 1, Venezuela 0

[AlNipper49]

[shepard50]

Those are puppets right?!

[SoxScout]

Great Britain's Katherine Copeland cries during the award ceremony for the lightweight women's rowing double sculls after winning the gold medal in Eton Dorney, near Windsor, England on Aug. 4.

an album of "winning moments"

[DrewDawg]

McKayla Maroney is NOT impressed.

http://mckaylaisnoti...sed.tumblr.com/

And:

[Spelunker]

Those are puppets right?!

[cjdmadcow]

I'm old enough to remember when the movie Friday the 13th came out and it's now infamous closing scene scared the crap out of us. This is worse and I won't sleep tonight now. Thanks

[TheStoryofYourRedRightAnkle]

Everyone out of the thread. It's going to eat your souls!

[jkempa]

^{Pictures from old and abandoned Olympic sites:
The Olympic City Project}

[trekfan55]

^{Pictures from old and abandoned Olympic sites:
The Olympic City Project}

That is incredible! Pictures from the 1936 Olympic Village I understand, but some are as recent as Beijing and Athens. This should be crossposted to the "Why can't we do this more often" thread.

I really question the ability of many cities to hold Games of this magnitude. The IOC is looking for new and "exotic" cities every time. They are wrong.

Edited by trekfan55, 15 August 2012 - 03:19 PM.

[jkempa]

That is incredible! Pictures from the 1936 Olympic Village I understand, but some are as recent as Beijing and Athens. This should be crossposted to the "Why can't we do this more often" thread.

I really question the ability of many cities to hold Games of this magnitude. The IOC is looking for new and "exotic" cities every time. They are wrong.

I've actually been the to bobsled track in Sarajevo, and it's even worse than what is shown in those pictures. Of course, there's a pretty good excuse for that one falling into disrepair.

[trekfan55]

I've actually been the to bobsled track in Sarajevo, and it's even worse than what is shown in those pictures. Of course, there's a pretty good excuse for that one falling into disrepair.

Well yeah, that's for sure. I remember Samaranch (sp?) touring the war zone there and visiting the Olympic Stadium site, that was a tear inducing scene.

BTW I am looking all over the site and cannot get more pictures, are they available?

[MentalDisabldLst]

etc. Linky.

[jkempa]

Well yeah, that's for sure. I remember Samaranch (sp?) touring the war zone there and visiting the Olympic Stadium site, that was a tear inducing scene.

BTW I am looking all over the site and cannot get more pictures, are they available?

If you're in NYC, there is an exhibition for the next few days - that's about all I know. Here's the website: http://www.storefrontnews.org/

Here are a few of mine if you're interested. The first bunch is of pieces of the track, the last part is the tower (which was used as for shelter during the war). A lot of the track is missing in places and

[Spacemans Bong]

You guys are missing out on the Paralympics.



Alex Zanardi, Paralympic gold medalist.

Yes, that Alex Zanardi.