With the world wrapped up in Olympic fever, we've seen a lot of inspirational athletic achievements over the past few days. What we haven't been getting a whole lot of from the London Games, however, is comedy.
So to remedy the lack of laughs that often occurs during an Olympic season we present a video of a man dressed as a woman doing an Olympic-style gymnastics routine.
Gabby Douglas delivered the performance of a lifetime yesterday, winning the gold in individual all-around gymnastics. She became the first American to win both team and all-around gold at the same Olympics, and the first African-American woman to win gold in the all-around.
It was a great moment for America. And then, for some, NBC completely ruined it.
Last Sunday, Chinese diver Wu Minxia took home gold in the 3m synchronized springboard and became the first woman in history to win three consecutive Olympic golds. But her remarkable accomplishment was marred somewhat when it was revealed that her family intentionally hid devastating secrets as she pursued her career.
Before the Olympics began we ran a gallery of all the funny faces divers make when they fall to the water in otherwise perfect form. Since then it has gone viral, and the folks at Reddit had even more fun with those images by Photoshopping the divers on the toilet.
While one would think this would make divers more careful about their facial contortions, it turns out the 2012 Olympic crop hasn't changed their approach at all. It's almost like all they care about is winning gold and pay absolutely no heed to the high speed cameras that are trained their way.
As you may have seen on TheFW earlier this week, divers look hilarious while diving. From far away their form may look lovely, their water entrance precise. But just look a little closer and you'll see what we see -- the absolutely ridiculous faces divers make in the air.
After sharing our findings with you, we saw that Reddit picked up on it and made it just a little bit better. Take a look at the Photoshopped Olympic divers making funny faces - while on the toilet.
Like most of the world, you're probably glued to the 2012 <a href="http://thefw.com/tags/olympics/"target=newOlympic games. However, when you're stricken by a few hours of Olympic blackout, there's only one way to get your fix. That is, watch these 10 films abo
Given that his city is currently hosting the Olympics, London mayor Boris Johnson is riding high ... literally. On Wednesday, the eccentric public official rode a zip line in Victoria Park to promote the summer games. There's just one problem -- he got stuck. No, this isn't an episode of 'The Benny Hill Show.' This is for real.
You may have seen our photos showing what Olympic divers really look while diving. Don't be fooled by the elegant turns and precise finish into the water -- their faces really look insane! We're guessing it's a combination of intense concentration and gravity doing its work.
These pictures are hilarious on their own, but imagine our surprise when we saw our post Photoshopped on Reddit!
It was the "stick it!" heard round the world. On Sunday, during the artistic women’s gymnastics qualifiers, NBC brilliantly focused a camera on wildly animated Olympic parents Rick and Lynn Raisman as they watched their daughter Alexandra compete on bars.
Considered the rock of the team, Aly’s performance was nothing short of solid, and the video capturing her parents' roller coaster ride of emotions became the stuff of internet legend.
They should probably just call the 2012 Summer Olympics the "Twitter Games," as the microblogging service has been part of quite a few of the story lines so far in London.
American swimmer Ryan Lochte is one of the many athletes at the games to maintain an active Twitter account. An account that got even more popular when the 27-year-old started off the Olympics with a defeat of rival Michael Phelps and a gold medal in the 400-meter individual medley.