That’s the size of a ten year old! An inch smaller and she would have to use a booster seat in a car in most states.

She's only two inches shorter than me, and probably 2,000 pounds lighter. I need to stop eating.

I love seeing pictures of ridiculously short people next to ridiculously tall people. Genetics are crazy.

IOC spokesman (pictured); ‘ didn’t happen, everything’s fine.’

Wait...so how would the IOC even know if Lochte got held up or not? Were they there? Or did they just flat-out deny it for optics purposes?

Thank goodness he's ok - it would have been really ugly if he dyed.

My cat is black so I’m totally not racist.

Even in the reverse, it sounds like they had fantastic sex or something. I’d have gone with “Historic Night; Manuel, Phelps Win Gold!!!” Yeesh.

What is truly frightening is that these sexist and racist headlines and comments are not made to be intentionally malicious. Most people, even if they are internal scumbag bigots, will closet their demons for their professions. Nobody WANTS to be on the wrong end of these and having to make apologies and retractions.…

“Simone Manuel, Wins Gold, Shares Historic Night with Olympics Meme”

Olympics: Simone Manuel shares historic night with some white bro-dude pothead.

Olympics: Simone Manuel shares historic night with some white guy.

As odd as it sounds & it doesn’t negate the racist angle but a lot of it comes down to height. Dominique Dawes had a much taller, leaner frame. Whoever brought up Shawn Johnson has the right idea. She was short & stout like Biles and a lot of people didn’t like watching her as much either.

As a former competitive gymnast, I can say that myself and my teammates all liked that our leos were sparkly for competition. Most of us even had sparkly shit just for practice.

You may recall that even with the new scoring system, in 2008 Shawn Johnson was significantly marked down compared to her more “graceful” peers. In the all-around, the commentators were baffled at the scoring of some of her routines - they mentioned that “the international judges just don’t like her ‘style.’”. If the…

Ha! I actually LOVED that ours weren’t sparkly. I may also be older than you. Leo trends definitely come and go. My favorite leo ever was a USA flag adidas one from the late 80s/early 90s most like the 96' Olympics ones. No sparkles, so shiny stuff.

As a former competitive gymnast, I can say that myself and my teammates all liked that our leos were sparkly for competition. Most of us even had sparkly shit just for practice. Nothing wrong with it, and girls who don’t like it don’t have to wear it, but for most of us, it was a lot more fun than just boring, plain…

I had the opportunity to sit in on a Olympic level gymnastics practice for a week, as the gym we were sharing was being used for pre-Olympic training. I don’t think many people comprehend just how special these athletes are. It’s as if you are watching another species; like watching a cat “gliding” effortlessly the…

Because there is a performative aspect to gymnastics that most other Olympic sports, aside from figure skating, lack. You are a tiny person in a vast arena of people. While what they are doing looks massive on TV, when the frame is tightly cropped in, it is fairly easy to get distracted away from it when you are in…

I watched Dominique Dawes compete and I was in awe of her grace, and elegance. I especially enjoyed her balance beam routines. I really like that gymnastics seems to be progressing and opening up to more people who don’t necessarily have a ballet background. They are athletes, after all, but Douglass and Biles have an…