Shakesville: What Does a US Olympian Look Like?

From the Telegraph's "London 2012 Olympics: Portraits of Team USA Athletes" gallery:

image of a young black woman leaping into the air

[Gabrielle Douglas, gymnast. Joe Klamar/Getty Images]

image of a Vietnamese-American man playing badminton in front of a US flag

[Howard Bach, badminton player. Lucas Jackson/Reuters]

image of a fat white woman posing in front of a US flag

[Holley Mangold, weightlifter. Lucas Jackson/Reuters]

image of a black man with a prosthetic leg, lying on his back and stretching

[Jerome Singleton, sprinter. Lucas Jackson/Reuters]

image of the face and neck of a black woman with locced hair

[Brittney Reese, long jumper. Joe Klamar/Getty Images]

image of a white woman posing with gymnastic ribbons

[Julie Zetlin, gymnast. Joe Klamar/Getty Images]

image of a white woman posing with a bow and arrow

[Jennifer Nichols, archer. Joe Klamar/Getty Images]

image of a young Latino man wearing boxing gloves

[Joseph Diaz, Jr., boxer. Joe Klamar/Getty Images]

image of a black man holding up a US flag behind him

[Wallace Spearmon, sprinter. Victoria Will/AP]

image of a white man stretching out his arms in front of him

[Brendan Hansen, swimmer. Joe Klamar/Getty Images]

There are so many more beautiful images at the link.

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