Spoiler: He’s really, really, fast. Usain Bolt is fast, but he is actually slower than most other sprinters at the start. In the 2016 Rio Olympic 100 meter final on Sunday his reaction time was 0.155, making it the second slowest in a field of eight. Michael Kappeler / AFP / Getty Images Howe…

Diamond rings > Olympic rings. Something's a little...different...about the Olympics this year, and you might've noticed it. Dmitri Lovetsky / AP It's the veritable spate —spate, I tell you! — of marriage proposals, the likes of which we've maybe never seen in another Olympi…

Oh, to have flexibility. This picture of a Brazilian gymnast, Jade Barbosa, casually hanging off a playground thing: WHAT THE? instagram.com This picture of Brazilian gymnast, Lorrane Dos Santos, casually doing a split on a playground thing: THAT WOULD LITERALLY KILL ME. instagram.com This…

The dive landed him in last place. Malaysian diver Ahmad Amsyar Azman had his Olympic dreams crushed on Monday after he belly flopped into the water. Marcos Brindicci / Reuters It seemed to be going OK at first... NBC / Via Twitter: @NBCOlympics But things went south quickly. NBC / Via Twi…

On your hands. On the surface gymnastics seems all graceful and shit. Thomas Coex / AFP / Getty Images But the truth is, gymnasts are fucking HARDCORE. Twitter: @_Imani_ This is nothing. instagram.com It gets worse. Twitter: @CoachExcelsior View Entire List › from BuzzFeed - Sports…

Fu Yuanhui is basically all of us when we’re PMSing. You probably already know Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui for her charming post-race interviews and hilarious facial expressions. She's been a big break-out star of the Rio Olympics. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters On Sunday, Fu gave a particularly …

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