Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum
I'm an intresting mix and this tumblr reflects that. Here you will find posts on feminism, Christianity, Canada, the lgbtq community, art, history, aboriginal peoples, philosophy, technology, television, the environment, science fiction and fanasty, religion, the military, sexuality, comic books and webcomics, politics, culture and sports, interspersed with pictures of cute animals, steampunk cosplay and half naked men in submissive positions.
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Photo reblogged from National Post
IOC leaders have dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program.
The IOC executive board decided Tuesday to retain modern pentathlon – the event considered most at risk – and remove wrestling instead from its list of core sports.
The decision, announced by the IOC, was first reported by The Associated Press.
The IOC board acted after reviewing the 26 sports on the current Olympic program. Eliminating one sport allows the International Olympic Committee to add a new sport to the program later this year.
I’m stunned. Honestly, I had no idea that wrestling was even at risk of being chopped. Have you even heard of modern pentathlon? Because before today, I hadn’t. But apparently they’re keeping that.
PS I just looked up Modern Pentathlon:
The modern pentathlon was invented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.The name derives from the Greek penta- “five” and -athlon “contest”. The addition of modern to the name distinguished it from the original pentathlon of the ancient Olympic Games, which consisted of the stadion foot race, wrestling, long jump, javelin, and discus. As the events of the ancient pentathlon were modeled after the skills of the ideal soldier of that time, Coubertin created the contest to simulate the experience of a 19th century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines: he must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight with pistol and sword, swim, and run
I admit that is kinda cool but not worth kicking out wrestling. Wow, I am really upset about this.
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Jenna Marbles responds to Turkish columnist Yüksel Aytuğ article on how the olympics is “killing womanhood” and explains sports bras. Fuckin’ Hilarious.
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Visa Olympics London 2012: Lopez Lomong
Forced by circumstances to run as a child, Lopez Lomong never stopped, even after arriving on the biggest stage in the world.
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It wasn’t until the 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway that the olympic committee decided it might be a smart idea to NOT have the summer and winter games in the same year.
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Donovan Bailey’s heroics were highlighted at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA, USA. On July 27, 1996 he won the 100 m race at a 9.84, a world record time he would hold until 1999, when it was broken by Maurice Greene. The time also stood as the Commonwealth record from 1996 until 2005, when it was broken by Asafa Powell, and is the current Canadian record (shared with Bruny Surin since 1999). His Olympic record was broken by Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Atlanta 1996 was when I started watching the olympics (I was 12 years old.) and I remember this race.
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Visa Olympics London 2012: Nadia Comaneci
There had never been a perfect score in modern Olympic gymnastics history until Nadia Comaneci’s performance at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. See how her perfect 10.0 brought the crowd to its feet.
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Visa Olympics London 2012: Yelena Isinbaeva
Yelena Isinbaeva almost lost her dream of competing in the Olympic Games. Instead, she has soared high as one of the greatest Olympic athletes - ever.
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Visa Olympics London 2012: Mark Oldershaw
The 5th Olympian in his family, Mark Oldershaw makes his appearance at the London Olympic Games 60 years after his grandfather competed on the same course. On August 8th, he won a bronze medal.
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Photo reblogged from National Post
Canada’s Christine Sinclair celebrates their Olympic bronze medal victory on Thursday.
Photo: Ed Kaiser/Postmedia Olympic Team
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Nike: Find Your Greatness
There are no grand celebrations here. No speeches. No bright lights. But there are great athletes. Somehow we’ve come to believe that greatness is reserved for the chosen few, for the superstars. The truth is greatness is for all of us. This is not about lowering expectations, its about raising them for every last one of us. Because greatness is not in one special place, and it is not in one special person. Greatness is wherever somebody is trying to find it.
