Yup, we still think the Olympics are gay

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> After making a spirited defense that Men's Synchro diving is not super gay, the Chinese men's springboard team proved us wrong by totally fagging out after winning the 10m event yesterday. Lin Yue and Huo Liang, seen above, got emotional after nabbing the gold and, well, you have eyes, don't you? We were all ready to defend the cutaways to the divers in the shower (the water keeps them warm!) and make another stab at selling you on the sport of it all, but while we support hot dudes in Speedos holding each other in any context, we're not going to insult you by trying to say it isn't anything other than super-duper gay with sprinkles on top.

> Even the gay press is confused about how many out athletes are competing at the games. The New England Blade wrongly asserts there are no openly gay Americans competing in an article published today. Not true! There are three: Natasha Kai plays soccer, Lauren Lappin is on the softball team, and her teammate Vicky Galindo is bisexual. While we'd like to see more out queer sports heroes, we want to make sure our American gals get their due.

> Right before every race, you see Nietzschean Superman Michael Phelps sitting on the bench listening to his iPod. What's on his playlist? Often, it's Eminem's "Till I Collapse," which he played before the 400m individual relay, but he's also a fan of Lil' Wayne, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy and Jay-Z. Phelps trivia completionists will want to check out his hometown paper's latest puff piece. He falls asleep watching TV!

> NBC flames it up today by adding a "guess the swimmer by his abs" quiz to their site. What they forgot was a "Whose abs are your favorite?" poll. Let us know your pick in the comments.

-- JAPHY GRANT

Comments

[Marc in Chicago]

When two men hug or show any emotion, it's gay and flamboyant "with sprinkles on top?"

How backwards is that!

Please just shut up.

[Donald]

I think it's the tiny tiny bathing suits that did it, Marc. Have a sense of humour!

[Avital]

Is that even Lin Yue and Huo Liang in the picture? It looks alot more like Qin Kai and Wang Feng. Not meaning to avoid the point or anything, I'm just wondering if I'm wrong?