Posts Tagged ‘Olympics’

Leryn Franco competed for Paraguay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, tossing her javelin 15 meters shy of her personal record to finish 51st overall. Thoroughly embarrassed, but sexy nonetheless, Leryn Franco flew home to Paraguay and shot a gold medal winning swimsuit calendar.

In 2009 her luck failed again–Leryn Franco placed 86th in AskMen’s Top 99 Women poll. We suspect voter fraud kept her out of the Top 10 (mostly because Anne Hathaway, who has a unibrow, placed 5th!?)

BEIJING — Despite relentless questions regarding the eligibility of the Chinese toddler gymnastics team that won the gold medal for women, the International Olympic Committee said Friday that further proof is needed for the case to continue, less it will be “put to rest.”

China has again provided documents from the 2004 team for the 2008 team, proving their eligibility. Coach Lu Shanzhen said the girls’ families are “indignant” that these issues, like most of their freedoms, won’t get swept under the carpet.