Natalya Fokina-Semenova
Canada’s womens doubles badminton team that advanced due to the disqualifications (ultimately lost the bronze medal match) are Alex Bruce and Michelle Li. Unfortunately there’s no tag team jeet kune do competition.
Ranomi Kromowidjojo - Dutch SwimmerDestiny: Getting beaten up by the Powerpuff Girls.
When they announce China’s Deng Linlin, it sounds like ding a ling a ling.
Regina George is a Nigerian runner.
That is so fetch.
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I don’t get it.
A Bulgarian runner in the women’s 400m hurdles unfortunately tripped on one of the hurdles and failed to finish. Her name? Vania Stambolova.
I’d say this guy is pretty unfortunate in the cheering department: Yoo Suk Kim
Plenty more on that list.
Semen Antonov
I agree she has an unfortunate name, but the woman is drop-dead gorgeous (photo is SFW but not by much). She’s my height, too!
Best thing about her (given that she won) is that ‘Kromowidjojo’ more or less means “orderly victory”.
Apparently her ancestry is Indonesian, which accounts for the name.
Hanna Titimets raised a titter yesterday in the 400m hurdles, especially given the placement of the athletes’ names on their outfits.
Did anyone see the German diver land flat on his back during the prelims yesterday after losing his pike position and going into an uncontrolled spin? His name is Stephan Feck. I saw a lot of “Oh, Feck” headlines this morning.
I came in here to mention her,but I think it is Ding Ning.
Funny when the announcers say her name,It’s like hitting a ring for service bell at a hotel.
This is NSFW
I came in to mention the team Bruce/Li. I watched the Bronze medal game and the English announcer mentioned it and started to giggle and proceeded to giggle every time the crowd started chanting BRUCE…LEE!
Katie Bell
U.S. Platform Diver
reason it struck me funny–shares name with Quidditch team member from Harry Potter
Depends whether you say the name in the Chinese or western order. Ding is her family name, Ning is her given name.
One that hasn’t been mentioned yet is British high jumper Robbie Grabarz. The name raises additional fnarrs from the usual suspects because he posed for a gay magazine shoot recently…
Formula 1 fans feeling left out during the Olympics might like to know that one of the horses in the dressage is, for some reason, called Damon Hill. I’m just waiting for another horse called Schumacher to barge him out of the arena at the last minute.