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USANA has yet another athlete to congratulate on his performance in the Beijing Olympics. As the Olympics have come to an end, Hooker is the last in a distinguished line of USANA sponsored athletes who have done an amazing job in the 2008 Olympics. The most recent USANA athlete to medal, Steve Hooker of Australia, took home gold in track and field.

The action continued at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing on Friday. Here are the results: In the women’s 5000m event, Ethiopa’s Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene took the Gold Medal, her second of the Beijing Olympic Games. She was followed to the finish line by Elvan Abeylegesse of Turkey for the Silver Medal and Meseret Defar Tola of Ethiopia for the Bronze Medal.

Steve Hooker of Australia has won the gold medal in the men’s pole vault setting a new Olympic record of 5.96. Evgeny Lukyanenko of Russia won the silver medal and Denys Yurchenko of the Ukraine won the bronze medal.

LERYN FRANCO’S FAILURE IS FORTUITOUS FITSNews - August 21, 2008 - It’s a crying shame that we’re not in charge of the Olympics because there’s no way Paraguayan javelin tosser Leryn Franco would have finished 51st of out 52 contestants.

LERYN FRANCO’S FAILURE IS FORTUITOUS FITSNews - August 21, 2008 - It’s a crying shame that we’re not in charge of the Olympics because there’s no way Paraguayan javelin tosser Leryn Franco would have finished 51st of out 52 contestants.

HOTTEST. OLYMPICS. EVER. Posted in Celebrities, Other by willycheesesteak on August 21st, 2008 While browsing through the forums of SuFu and NT I’ve been noticing a trend, more and more threads dedicated to the beautiful athletes of the Olympics(and no, i’

Last week, almost every American was fired up when French swimmer, Alain Bernard said that he had come to "smash the Americans." This week, the entire nation of Russia was fired up when American pole vaulter Jennifer Stuczynski said: "I hope we go over there and do some damage, kick some Russian butt.

Yesterday, in the pole vault, Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, the undisputed world champion and world-record holder (having beaten her own record numerous times) has eliminated her opponents, including a show-boating American who thought she would kick Russian ass.

There was a lot of action at the National Stadium in Beijing yesterday. Here are the results: Defending Gold Medalist, Elena Isinbaeva of Russia easily won the Gold Medal in the women’s pole vault, setting a new world record of 5.05.

I only saw the end of the women’s pole vault last night, which was basically just Yelena Isinbayeva trying to break her own record. It was interesting watching her little routine as she prepared for each jump. She would sit under blanket, doing something, I am not sure what.