Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The lighter side of Olympic diving


It seems that the TV cameras covering the diving competition at the Beijing Olympics last year didn't dwell long enough, or freeze-frame, on the faces of the competitors. Not to worry. Pravda, that organ of socialist truth, has collected an hilarious sequence of pictures of divers frozen in mid-flight during various competitions. Here's a small selection.




More at the link. I much prefer these to the official photographs of the events!



Peter

1 comment:

  1. One day, facial expression will be graded on form, too. Surely there's some sort of surgery which can correct this? *snerk*

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