The Olympics are over, and here are my personal choices for the personalities of the games.
1. Bolt. What an athlete. What a showman. He was a joy to watch. Then he even shut up Rogge with his $50,000 donation to the Szechuan earthquake. Yeah!
2. Phelps. What else canbe said? His feat is unprecedented but he is not as electrifying (heh) as Bolt.
3. Guo Jingjing. The diva of diving. She is elegant, beautiful, and has that little bit of an aristocratic hauteur that makes her captivating.
4. Matthew Mitcham. You go boy! Stopped China from sweeping, and is the only openly gay man in the whole Olympics. Brave and an amazing athlete.
5. Carol Hyunh. Canada's first gold, and her emotions were priceless, as were the story about her background.
6. Bryan Clay. The hottest guy in the games. More importantly, winner of the most challenging event in the Olympics.
7. Yang Wei. The gymnastics golden boy. He represents the great achievements by China's men's gymnastics this year.
8. Matthias Steiner. This hulking man contrasts deeply with his emotional story about his wife, who died ina car crash before she could see him win the gold medal.
9. Phil Dalhausser. He is the wall. Wow, what a beating in that last set of the beach volleyball men's finals.
10. Last one is hard... I can choose a number of others, but since I'm a Rafael Nadal fan, I'm just happy he got his gold, cementing himself as the true #1 in Tennis.
