Silliest names in the Olympics

[Corax]

I giggled like a schoolgirl whenever they said Katerina Johnson-Thompson yesterday. Say it out loud, go on.

Any others?

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Takeshita
Bumyoung
Dong Dong

 

[Corax]

Takeshita
Bumyoung
Dong Dong

You had to lower the tone didn't you?

 

[twentythreedom]

good work, minnie

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

You had to lower the tone didn't you?

They're just the ones that came to mind immediately. I didn't even need to think about them

 

[quimcunx]

Apparently today someone fell over a hurdle, called Stambolova.

 

[Espresso]

One of the Russian women gymnasts is called Komova.
This tickled me when she was doing the vault.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Yu Du
Yu Suk Kim
Amit Kumar Amit Kumar
Destinee Hooker

There's one from another country which I can't remember, but has a Muslim name, but really long one

oh, and Sparkle McKnight

and there's another one like Deja Vu, but not Deja Vu, but I think he just doesn't use all his name

 

[pocketscience]

I switched the stream of the 200m womens breast-stroke half way through and thought the commentators were doing some ambush marketing. It went something like:
"Sony in the lead, closely followed by Suzuki, Sony's going to win... it's Sony for gold, Suzuki silver..."

I only realised afterwards the winner was an american girl, actually called Soni and Suzuki was a Japanese girl in 2nd.

 

[lizzieloo]

......oh, and Sparkle McKnight....

BEST.NAME.EVER

 

[ddraig]

Stambolova
who fell over
Paul Martin ‏@PG_Martin
Woman falls over in the 400m hurdles & doesn't finish. Look at her name. You couldn't make it up..

 

[lizzieloo]

Stambolova
who fell over

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

BEST.NAME.EVER

Brilliant innit. There's another one that I'd quite like myself, but can't remember right now

 

[ddraig]

wut? to ll

 

[lizzieloo]

wut? to ll

5 posts above yours

 

[ddraig]

5 posts above yours

oh ok yeah
>at self

 

[Espresso]

Rich Fellers

One man in the American showjumping team and an apt description of most of them.

 

[The Octagon]

Wasn't there a Jack Bauer (possibly New Zealand)?

 

[The Boy]

Wasn't there a Jack Bauer (possibly New Zealand)?

Cyclist. Apparently this cracks the Italian cycle commentators up.

Unfortunately the person in charge of the numbers had no sense of humour. During the TT he was wearing the number 25.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

This is a great name
Perri Shakes-Drayton

 

[Kanda]

After reading this.. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/07/christian_sites_ban_on_g_word.html

Tyson Homosexual.

"It means a lot to me," the 25-year-old Homosexual said. "I'm glad my body could do it, because now I know I have it in me."

 

[ddraig]

shame 'tis from the last 'lympics!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

shame 'tis from the last 'lympics!

Yeah, I've only just found out it's 4 years old

 

[elbows]

Not a silly name but this still seemed like the right thread for a homophobic website filter failure story:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/07/christian_sites_ban_on_g_word.html

The American Family Association obviously didn't foresee the problems that might arise with its strict policy to always replace the word "gay" with "homosexual" on the Web site of its Christian news outlet OneNewsNow. The group's automated system for changing the forbidden word wound up publishing a story about a world-class sprinter named "Tyson Homosexual" who qualified this week for the Beijing Olympics.

Tyson Homosexual was a blur in blue, sprinting 100 meters faster than anyone ever has.

"It means a lot to me," the 25-year-old Homosexual said. "I'm glad my body could do it, because now I know I have it in me."

This time, he kept pumping those legs all the way through the finish line, extending his lead. In Saturday's opening heat, Homosexual pulled way up, way too soon, and nearly was caught by the field, before accelerating again and lunging in for fourth place.

The blog Agitator also found this gem of a story on the AFA's OneNewsNow site, from a June 27 story article about NBA player Rudy Gay:
Memphis Grizzlies backers hit the hay hoping that Kevin Love would open things up for Rudy Homosexual in the frontcourt.

 

[ddraig]

oh dear
worse than mine!
only 3 posts up^

 

[Corax]

Not a silly name but this still seemed like the right thread for a homophobic website filter failure story:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2008/07/christian_sites_ban_on_g_word.html

What, seriously?

 

[DJ Squelch]

I bet this guy hates filling out forms

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Takeshita
Bumyoung
Dong Dong

Next thing you know, you'll be making slitty-eyes behind a Korean person.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Great thread: which foreigner has the funniest name.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What, seriously?

Kanda's post