2012 Summer Olympics – TheCount.com https://thecount.com You Heard About It On TheCount.com! Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:32:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://thecount.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-golden-mic-copy-32x32.jpg 2012 Summer Olympics – TheCount.com https://thecount.com 32 32 Rio Olympic Silver Medals Made From Recycled X-Ray Plates Gold Medals Not So Golden https://thecount.com/2016/08/16/are-olympics-gold-medals-made-of-gold/ https://thecount.com/2016/08/16/are-olympics-gold-medals-made-of-gold/#respond Tue, 16 Aug 2016 19:31:22 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=257089 One would assume that Olympics medals handed out during the summer games in Rio are actually made of gold, silver, and bronze.. Guess again. The reality is more complicated. Because distributing pure gold medals would be cost prohibitive, the actual gold medals are made mostly of silver with a thin layer of real gold bonded […]

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]]> https://thecount.com/2016/08/16/are-olympics-gold-medals-made-of-gold/feed/ 0 Olympics Swimmers IRKED After Rio Pools TURN GREEN https://thecount.com/2016/08/10/cause-olympics-pool-polo-pools-green-algae/ https://thecount.com/2016/08/10/cause-olympics-pool-polo-pools-green-algae/#respond Wed, 10 Aug 2016 17:55:38 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=256813 Athletes competing in the Rio Olympics are seeing red after the diving pool turned a murky shade of green. Now the water polo pool has also turned the uninviting shade of yuck. Officials say the pools are safe to swim and the greenish water is simply algae. Come again? Speaking with the Associated Press after yesterday’s algae […]

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]]> https://thecount.com/2016/08/10/cause-olympics-pool-polo-pools-green-algae/feed/ 0 Michael Phelps DEATH STARE MEMES Burning Up The Internet https://thecount.com/2016/08/09/michael-phelps-death-stare-memes-chad-le-clos/ https://thecount.com/2016/08/09/michael-phelps-death-stare-memes-chad-le-clos/#respond Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:37:54 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=256749 NBC’s cameras caught Michael Phelps while preparing for his match in the ready room on Monday night. Hood up, headphones on and laser-beam engaged.. Chad le Clos, you have been warned.. Phelps’ has an ongoing rivalry with le Clos, who once said, “Michael Phelps has been talking about how slow the butterfly events have been recently. […]

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]]> https://thecount.com/2016/08/09/michael-phelps-death-stare-memes-chad-le-clos/feed/ 0 WATCH: Olympics Cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten Suffers SCARY CRASH https://thecount.com/2016/08/07/annemiek-van-vleuten-condition-crash-video-rio-what-is/ https://thecount.com/2016/08/07/annemiek-van-vleuten-condition-crash-video-rio-what-is/#respond Sun, 07 Aug 2016 20:44:12 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=256676 Annemiek van Vleuten, who was leading the women’s road cycling race at the Olympic Games in Rio, suffered a scary crash that was captured on camera. van Vleuten was rounding a corner when she skidded out and crashed into a small retaining wall. van Vleuten was said to be conscious and talking on the way to hospital. Dutch […]

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]]> https://thecount.com/2016/08/07/annemiek-van-vleuten-condition-crash-video-rio-what-is/feed/ 0 Nothing But Commercials: NBC Takes 6 BREAKS In 39 MINS Of Olympics Coverage https://thecount.com/2016/08/05/nbc-too-many-commercials-olympics-who-so-many/ https://thecount.com/2016/08/05/nbc-too-many-commercials-olympics-who-so-many/#respond Sat, 06 Aug 2016 05:37:16 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=256563 Folks on social media Are sounding off over what they deem an inordinate number of commercials fired off during NBC‘s telecast of the opening ceremony of the Olympic games in Rio. NBC took a hefty and apparently viewer-taxing 6 commercial breaks in just 39 minutes of primary Olympics content broadcast airtime. NBC apparently stands for Nothing But Commercials. […]

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]]> https://thecount.com/2016/08/05/nbc-too-many-commercials-olympics-who-so-many/feed/ 0 Another Olympian Goes Viral For Being ‘Unimpressed’ #WagnerFace https://thecount.com/2014/02/09/another-olympian-goes-viral-for-being-unimpressed/ https://thecount.com/2014/02/09/another-olympian-goes-viral-for-being-unimpressed/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:04:45 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=150821 It looks like McKayla Maroney has got some competition! Ashley Wagner has gone viral for her #wagnerface after her score was flashed on the big screen at the figure skating competition at Sochi Saturday.

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]]> https://thecount.com/2014/02/09/another-olympian-goes-viral-for-being-unimpressed/feed/ 0 Kate Middleton 3 MONTHS AFTER CHILDBIRTH? https://thecount.com/2013/10/19/kate-middleton-flat-belly-3-months-after-childbirth/ https://thecount.com/2013/10/19/kate-middleton-flat-belly-3-months-after-childbirth/#respond Sat, 19 Oct 2013 13:08:28 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=141341 A brand-new Royal baby of a conspiracy is brewing after Kate Middleton flashed her flat tummy a mere 90 days after giving birth, leaving many theorists to wonder if she ever had a baby at all. Dressed in a Ralph Lauren breton-style striped top and cork wedges, the 31-year-old displayed the stomach of a teenager, […]

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]]> https://thecount.com/2013/10/19/kate-middleton-flat-belly-3-months-after-childbirth/feed/ 0 By Request: Darya Klishina Boyfriend https://thecount.com/2012/09/10/by-request-darya-klishina-boyfriend/ https://thecount.com/2012/09/10/by-request-darya-klishina-boyfriend/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:18:02 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=86630 Russian high jumper Darya Klishina is seated next to her boyfriend as they enjoy a Maria Sharapova tennis match.

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]]> https://thecount.com/2012/09/10/by-request-darya-klishina-boyfriend/feed/ 0 Lisa Lee Is The New ‘Face Of MyINDY-TV’ https://thecount.com/2012/08/14/lisa-mason-lee-is-the-new-face-of-myindy-tv/ https://thecount.com/2012/08/14/lisa-mason-lee-is-the-new-face-of-myindy-tv/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:54:35 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=79361 Hey guys! Thought I would follow up and let you know the results of that contest I’ve been updating you on for about a month now! Well, I won! The reveal was today on LIVE television on morning show “Indy Style,” and this photo (below) that the crew snapped of me best describes the surreal […]

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]]> https://thecount.com/2012/08/14/lisa-mason-lee-is-the-new-face-of-myindy-tv/feed/ 2 Kate and Harry Flirting Again! At Olympics Closing Ceremony https://thecount.com/2012/08/12/kate-and-harry-flirting-again-at-olympics-closing-ceremony/ https://thecount.com/2012/08/12/kate-and-harry-flirting-again-at-olympics-closing-ceremony/#respond Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:49:10 +0000 http://thecount.com/?p=79094 What’s new? Not this! Duchess of Cambridge and wife to Prince William, Kate Middleton, was photographed flirting with William’s little bro again. We have to admit, we like seeing these two chuckling together as they whisper funny words to one another at highfalutin events. Where in the world is Prince William? He must have told […]

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