The Olympics start on 8/8/08! 

I salute you, you remarkable people doing miraculous things with their bodies that I, for one, will never, EVER be able to do. Though I've never been to the Games myself, I must say I become a bit of an avid TV-watcher-fan-girl.  I took a spin around Etsy looking for athletic-inpsired items, and you'll find those below.

All the competition in the air got me to thinking about crafting contests.  We'd posted a video a while back with Lily Chin. Lisa Gentry, the world's fastest crocheter, is going for another record — fastest knitter — but I couldn't find any videos with her. Here's a video from The Guinness World Records championships with Holland's Miriam Tegels — the world's fastest knitter. It's crazy!
And fastest in the UK,  Hazel Tindall:

In related news, Instructables has an Invent-a-Sport contest.  There are a few days left to enter and there aren't nearly enough crafty sports that people have created! Get over there and make up a sport around your favorite handmade activity! 

Where are you, sports fans? Ever attended the Olympics?  Ever competed in a crafting contest like Speed Knitting?  Post in the comments below — we want to know more!