Why you should love synchronized swimming.

These ladies are BAMF. Seriously. Thanks to the wonders of the BBC, I’ve actually been watching the Olympics, and had things to talk about with my coworkers, though I’ve noticed I don’t really watch the same array of sports as most of them. Sure, everyone gets in to gymnastics. But I’ve been all about track ...

"Monstering" – now that’s a good word.

As a follow-up from yesterday’s post, Ye Shiwen has taken numerous drug tests and been shown to be clean of any doping. Hell yeah, woman, good for you! There’s a phenomenal editorial in the Guardian about the utterly shitty way people are still going after her, which I definitely recommend you read. I hadn’t really thought ...

But don’t do *too* well.

One of the Chinese swimmers has been accused of doping because she swam too well, beating her personal best by seven seconds. Like a “superwoman.” This is the bit out of the article that really bugs me: Ye stunned world swimming on Saturday by winning gold in the 400m individual medley in a world-record time. ...

Missing out on that Olympic spirit

I actually do like the Olympics. Or at least bits of it. In the past, I’ve made it my business to watch gymnastics, archery, diving, fencing, weightlifting, and a lot of other sports. I’m not really someone that’s in to sports generally. I think watching them is a lot less fun than going out and ...