Michael Phelps didn’t compete in a final this morning in Beijing, but there was still plenty of action. Below are the results:

China’s Liu Zige won the women’s 200m butterfly event with a world record time of 2:04.18. She was followed by her teammate, Jiao Liuyang for the Silver Medal and Australia’s Jessicah Schipper for the Bronze.

Stephanie Rice and the Australian team prevailed in the women’s 4×200m freestyle relay, with a world record time of 7:44.31. The Chinese women (Yang Yu, Zhu Qianwel, Tan Miao, Pang Jiaying) earned the Silver Medal and the United States (Allison Schmitt, Natalie Coughlin, Caroline Burckle, …read more

My friend Mike over in Beijing, who\’s an Australian and who writes the Olympic blog 08:08:08, posted a list this morning of his picks for the hottest women in the Olympics. Of course, his list has some obvious flaws. For one thing, he included a snowboarder (that\’s the Winter Olympics, Mike) and Natalie Gublis (a golfer; golf\’s not yet an Olympic sport).
Anyway, the exercise got me thinking about the hottest GUYS in the Beijing Games. Here is my admittedly subjective list, complete with my American girl bias (in no particular order). Feel free to leave a comment …read more