2012 london olympics

The Summer Olympics kick off on Friday, and as you’re watching some of those feats of superhuman achievement over the next couple weeks, pay attention to the athletes’ body language — it could speak volumes.

As one-half of the legendary team also starring Misty May-Treanor, Kerri Walsh-Jennings is instantly recognizable as one of the greatest beach volleyball players in the world. Together, they’re defending Olympic champions who won gold medals in both the 2004 and 2008 games, and they’re looking to repeat their success for a third time in London this year.

While soccer isn’t nearly as popular here as it is in other parts of the world, it seems to get its due in the US during the Olympics, at least. And when the women’s national soccer team won gold after a hotly-contested battle against Brazil at the 2008 Games in Beijing, its members became superstars.

It’s not uncommon for two siblings to excel at the same sport growing up, and for some select few that excellence can translate into Olympic success.

The 2012 US Olympic tennis team roster — which includes Serena and Venus Williams and Andy Roddick just to name a few — reads like a who’s who of the sport. But to casual fans, brothers Bob and Mike Bryan may not be as instantly recognizable.

The whole world will be watching later this month when the Olympics get underway. Sure, these world-class athletes are amazing, but it’s not what they do with their bodies that is so amazing. It may be the bodies themselves.

The athletes that comprise Team USA in the Summer Olympics may have been born in the USA but their outfits? Not so much.

We always thought there was nothing more hilarious than watching middle-aged sports coaches celebrate after their athletes perform well, but and we’ve found something more hilarious: a middle-aged sports coach getting a little too psyched over — here’s the kicker — gymnastics.

She missed gold in 2008 and she'll be one of the biggest story lines going into the London Olympics this summer, Lolo Jones is one of the sexist Olympians to come along in some time and brace yourself gents, this 29 year old sexy hardbody is a virgin.