Sports & Olympics (intersection of tags)
313 Sports posts • 37 Olympics posts • 34 in common
- Why are some countries so good at certain sports?One gold medal's ripple effect: How Erki Nool's 2000 Olympic victory inspired a generation of Estonian decathletes in 2024.
- My photo used by the official Flickr account of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 OlympicsToday I disovered one of my photos was used 15 years ago by the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid committee.
- 14-year-old Shaun White gives 9 wise wordsA 2001 interview shows quite a bit of wisdom from the 14-year-old Shaun White. Points like respect for elders, being willing to admit what he doesn't know, and the importance of community.
- The best Winter Olympics country ever: NorwayWhen we think of Winter Olympics, the first country that should come to mind—NORWAY.
- Idea: each country in the Olympics to have their own mascotEach country's mascot would demonstrate the unique artistry from every culture.
- Olympic athletes that play the violinWhich Olympic athletes that play the violin? Six athletes from the 2018 Winter Olympics list playing the violin as one of their hobbies. Spanning countries of Estonia, USA, Canada, France, and Kazakhstan, they include a flag bearer and a bronze…
- Host your own Olympics in Chicago todayToday Chicago could have been hosting the Olympics. Back in 2007 when Chicago was making the Olympic bid, the city was covered in posters promoting the Chicago bid. I went around the city photographing the posters. Ask any Chicagoan today…
- Nine countries had their Independence Day during the 2012 Olympics Imagine your country celebrating their Independence day while the Olympics are happening. And then what if a country won a gold medal on their Independence day and had their flag raised with their national anthem playing? Here’s how the countries…
- Every citizen should wear a gold medal during the Olympics(photo from bikesoup) Let’s say a country had a tradition during the Olympics where all their citizens wore gold medals to support their Olympic athletes. People wear baseball caps and tshirts of their favorite teams. Everyone should wear a gold…
- Alternative Olympics ideas: art, poetry, classic toys, circus, pigeon, car racing, janitorial I’m going to miss the Olympics when they are over. There should be a two-week competition in something happening all the time. And there should be a channel dedicated to it all the time. Ideas: Two weeks of art competition Two…
- 2010 Winter Olympic Mascots in 1400 GalleryI bought my niece all the plush mascots keychains from the 2010 Winter Olympics. To make mailing stuffing to keep them from jostling around, I made 11×17 xerox enlargements of each figure. A couple extra copies were made to hang…
- Chicago 2018 Winter Olympics bid2018 Winter Olympics bids were due yesterday. Only three cities put their hat into the ring: * Munich, Germany * PyeongChang, South Korea * Annecy, France How about Chicago, USA? Next to my apartment building is an empty lot. I…
- Invent an Olympic sport from one of your daily activitiesA couple of days ago Vocalo.org asked, “If you invented an Olympic sport from one of your daily activities what would it be?” My response: CTA stair races. Both up and down the stairs. I will defeat ANYONE. BRING IT…
- Cost of the 2008 Beijing Olympics in LEGO300,000 Lego bricks were used to create a 10ft by 26ft miniature city of the 2008 Beijing Olympics including the Bird Nest Stadium and the Water Cube swimming center. How much would this cost? I have a general rule when…
- My niece’s first steps happened during the Olympics My niece took her first steps yesterday! Here’s a poem I wrote for her to commemorate this event: During the 2008 Olympics Livvy started her walking kicks Olivia so full of pep, took three small steps! With those three paces,…
- IDEA: Olympics to allow any song to be played on medal stand You know what would be cool? In the Olympics when they have the athletes on the medal stand, they should let the winner pick a pop song from their country. And then everyone will dance to the song. Right now…
- Estonia’s only summer gold since independenceSince Estonia’s independence in 1991, they have only gotten two summer golds. Erki Nool’s decathlon in 2000 and Erika Salumae’s 1992 Cycling. And only one silver, Juri Jaason’s 2004 silver in single sculls rowing. (he’s estonia’s oldest competitor this Olympics…
- Estonia fencer Nikolai Novosjolov faces 2004 gold medalist in 2008 OlympicsMr. cocky fencer Jerome Jeannet of France (currently ranked 2nd in the world) won the gold medal in 2004. He clashed sabers against underdog 57-ranked Estonian Nikolai Novosjolov in the second round of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Let me…
- Estonia road racers Tanel Kangert, Rein Taaramae, and Grete Treier in Beijing 2008 OlympicsEstonia male cyclists a bit pokey Estonia’s male cyclists didn’t fare too well in the Bicycle Road Race of the 2008 Olympics. Tanel Kangert finished 69th, 13 minutes behind the leader. Rein Taaramae landed 48th, 7 minutes behind. Whoa! 69th?…
- Estonia’s female badminton player Kati Tolmoff in Beijing 2008 OlympicsI love the name of Estonia’s female badminton player, Kati. It’s like a merging of my parents names: My dad Mati (who is Estonian) and my mom Kathy (German). This Estonian woman badminton player had better chances to win than…
- Estonia badminton player Raul Must in Beijing 2008 OlympicsUnderdog Estonian Raul Must started off his first round against Poland’s Przemysław Wacha. Raul is ranked 74th in the world badminton rankings with Przemysław currently at 15. Przemysław also won the bronze medal at the 2008 European Badminton Championships. The…
- Martin Padar: Judo champion from EstoniaThe question on everybody’s mind. Who will carry the flag for Estonia in the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics? It will be the great super heavyweight Judo champion, Martin Padar. At 6’4″ 300lbs, he rules the heaviest weight division…
- Design critique of the redesigned Chicago 2016 Olympics logo (star version)Today Chicago reveals their new logo today for their bid of the 2016 Olympic games. The previous logo featured a torch. (Critique of that logo available at Previous torch Chicago Olympic logo). The International Olympic Committee allows the torch to…
- What happened to the 2012 London Olympics logo?What in the world is this supposed to be? “This is the vision at the very heart of our brand,” said London 2012 organising committee chief Sebastian Coe. (from Yahoo’s coverage). Seriously. I want to know what these shapes are…
- IDEA: Cicada OlympicsThe Summer Olympics come every four years. The cicadas come every 17 years. That makes them the Olympics TO THE EXTREME. Here are some cicada postcards for you to collect: The cicada high jump The cicada 100 meter sprint The…
- Let’s go to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics!If Chicago gets the 2016 Olympics, it would be very interesting to see the olympics in another city first. That way you know what to expect when the games come to Chicago. Plus then we could meet that weird block-shaped…
- Reasons why Chicago should have the 2016 OlympicsChicago is currently making a bid for the 2016 games to the U.S. Olympic Committee. Show your support by voting on the official Chicago bid website at: chicago2016.org. When you vote it asks you to describe, in 25 words or…
- Design critique of the Chicago 2016 Olympics logoMayor Daley and Chicago unveiled their logo for the bid to have Chicago host the 2016 Summer Olympic games. VSA Partners’ Chicago office designed the logo. Here’s my critique of the logo: Flame It’s said that the skyline seen in…
- 2006 Winter Olympics Mascots: Neve and GlizFrom the olympic site: “Neve”: she is a gentle, kind and elegant snowball; “Gliz”: he is a lively, playful ice cube. They are the two symbolic characters of the XX Olympic Winter Games. They complement each other and personify the…
- 292 more days until the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy The Olympic countdown is on! A shirt that says “292 more days” would be cool. Whenever you wear it, you could look up what would happen 292 days from now. Update April 9, 2022 — 6,193 days later: I like…
- 299 more days until the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, ItalyThe Olympic countdown is on! Here’s a stickie note cartoon based on an IM conversation with MrBilly. I will be posting more stickie note cartoons on this blog. They are just quick fun things that might develop into a comic…
