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Reason #3 To Watch the Olympics

by John Cole|  August 23, 200411:51 pm| 8 Comments

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And this time it is character, and not eye candy.

Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov- A total CLASS ACT:

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Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov tries to calm spectators booing during the men’s horizontal bar final at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games gymnastics competition, August 23, 2004. Russian gymnast Alexei Nemov’s score was booed by spectators for 10 minutes bringing the competition to a standstill until the gymnast appealed for the crowd to calm down. Nemov finished 5th.

Nemov should win a gold for Sportsmanship.

But just in case you needed some eye candy, there is always this reason to watch the Olympics:

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Previous reasons to watch the Olympics:

Reason #1
Reason #2

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  1. 1.

    Beck

    August 24, 2004 at 3:06 am

    Oh my god.

    Having watched the mens gymnastics final, I was going to make some noises agreeing with you. Then I scrolled down.

    Oh my god.

    That is the single nicest ass I have ever seen. It is the perfect ass. Pefect.

  2. 2.

    physics geek

    August 24, 2004 at 11:32 am

    I commented to my wife last night about the huge contrast between Nemov’s behavior and that of Korkhina. I might have made a none too veiled reference to the current Whiny Scream Team masquerading as the US men’s basketball team.

  3. 3.

    cbk

    August 24, 2004 at 9:47 pm

    I disagree. The Russian gymnast is EYE candy. Not all your readers are men, you know.

  4. 4.

    Annalucia

    August 25, 2004 at 10:08 am

    Mr. Nemov is certainly easy to look at. In fact he looks like a blond version of my oldest son ;)

    The Brazilian ladies are certainly handsome too, but those thongs look awfully uncomfortable.

  5. 5.

    followedthelinkfrominstapundit-guy

    August 25, 2004 at 3:27 pm

    I disagree. The Russian gymnast is definitely EYE candy. Not all your readers are straight you know :-)

  6. 6.

    tomas

    August 25, 2004 at 3:46 pm

    long live brazil… and their nice tight thongs!!

  7. 7.

    Olympic Dreams

    August 25, 2004 at 4:06 pm

    “Holy Almond-Eyed Daughter of Shiva!”

    She’s not from India and she’s wearing sunglasses, but still …

    (I’d attribute the quote if I remembered who said it.)

  8. 8.

    dj3b

    September 10, 2004 at 8:29 pm

    Viva Brazil!! I just bought my one way ticket to go there and hang out on the first beach I see.

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