If You Try and Don't Succeed, Thigh and Thigh Again

I don’t know about you, but all of this Olympic Thighlight coverage has really motivated me to get in shape and when I say “get in shape,” what I actually mean is stuff my mouth with generic cheese puffs, while looking at photo after photo of incredibly athletic and attractive individuals who haven’t so much as glanced at cheese puffs, generic or otherwise, in the past two years. Still, I’m feeling pretty good about things (though that might just be a case of the puff swoons) and I hope you are, too.

Let’s get cracking ’cause Olympic Thighlights wait for no one.

Aksana Miankova, Belarus, Women’s Hammer Throw

Aries Merritt of the United States (L) and Hansle Parchment of Jamaica (R)

Ruolin Chen, China, Women’s 10m Platform Diving Preliminary

Churandy Martina of Netherlands (L) and Warren Weir of Jamaica (R), Men’s 200m Semi Final

Eloyse Lesueur, France, Women’s Long Jump Final

Tonya Lynn Verbeek of Canada (L) and Saori Yoshida of Japan (R), Women’s Freestyle 55 kg Wrestling

Gonzalo Barroilhet of Chile (L), Ashton Eaton of the United States (C) and Rico Freimuth of Germany (R), Men’s Decathlon 110m Hurdles

Allyson Felix, USA, Women’s 200m Final

Team Italy, Men’s Water Polo

Eun Hee Ryu (L) and Han Na Gwon (C) of Korea, Karoline Dyhre Breivang of Norway, Women’s Handball

Keisuke Ushiro, Japan, Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw

Lashinda Demus, United States, Women’s 400m Hurdles Final

Women’s 1500m Semifinals

Lisa Dobriskey (L) and Hannah England (R), Great Britain, Women’s 1500m Semifinals

Vasilisa Marzalyuk of Belarus (L) and Maider Unda Gonzalez De Audicana of Spain (R), Women’s Freestyle 72 kg Wrestling

Paola Espinosa Sanchez, Mexico, Women’s 10m Platform Diving Final

Sultana Frizell, Canada, Women’s Hammer Throw Qualifications

Trey Hardee, USA, Men’s Decathlon 400m Heats

Team USA, Women’s Water Polo

Usain Bolt (L) and Yohan Blake (R) of Jamaica, Men’s 200m Final

Valentin Verga, Netherlands, Men’s Field Hockey

Willem Coertzen of South Africa (L) and Brent Newdick of New Zealand (R), Men’s Decathlon 110m Hurdles