This has been the first mass social media games. We’ve seen the dark side, with the Tom Daley troll incident, but you’d have to say the overall effect has been pretty positive. The public have been able to send the athletes untold numbers of supportive messages, I’ve been able to tell Ian Thorpe I love him at least five times a day, and above all, there’s been some really great Olympics-related stuff shared around.
Here’s a compilation of all the odds and ends I’ve not been able to include this week. Some will be old hat, some won’t…enjoy.
Excellent collection of games photos.
New Zealand’s goalkeeper has a VERY bad day.
What would the Olympics be like if everyone could take as many drugs as they wanted?
The aftermath of Ryan Campbell’s efforts in the rowing make for staggering viewing.
The Olympic score cards turn innocent scenes into something, well, less innocent.
Gymnasts being superhuman in handy GIF form.
So your brothers want an Olympic ticket. How do you settle it?
Katarina Johnson-Thompson has a wonderful Twitter bio. So does Usain Bolt, for that matter.
Ryan Lochte special: he’s very, very, very bad at interviews but he has a great dog and oh – that’s just nasty.
Funny name corner: someone from Mean Girls is competing. And so is Quentin Bigot. Whom I’m told bears no relation to this man.
The less said about this photo the better.
BoJo making an arse of himself, take two.
Nike advert: not quite an Olympic link, but great nevertheless.
There’s really only one way to display your Gold medal.
Yaping Deng – table tennis champ and all round impressive woman.
Which film star inspired Chris Hoy to cycle?
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