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Say cheese! The headshots on the Olympics website are pretty awkward

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24/07/12 2,349 Views 4 Comments

WE’LL CUT RIGHT to the point: the headshots of Olympians on London2012.com are incredibly awkward.

Today, Sports Illustrated’s Bryan Graham tweeted out a link to Michael Phelps’ sloppy-looking headshot. After that, we browsed the site and found even more ridiculous pictures.

There are more than 10,000 athletes competing in the Olympics, so getting professional-quality, standardized headshots of all of them would be a massive undertaking.

As a result, it looks like the site just had the teams and athletes themselves send in headshots. A bunch of them look MySpace profile pictures.

We’ve seen some awesome photography in the lead up to the Olympics. This is not.

Say cheese! The headshots on the Olympics website are pretty awkward
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  • Vasiliki Arvaniti, Greek beach volleyball player

  • Bostjan Macek, Slovenian shooter

  • Carmelo Anthony, US basketball player

  • Daniele Lupo, Italian beach volleyball player

  • Jana Vesela, Czech basketball player

  • Katherine Driscoll, British trampolinist

  • Kelsi Fairbrother, British handball player

  • Li Yi, Chinese basketball player

  • Luca Dotto, Italian swimmer

  • Marcel Hacker, German rower

  • Michael Phelps, US swimmer

  • Mickael Gelabale, French basketball player

  • Nick D'arcy, Australian swimmer

  • Olivia Price, Australian sailor

  • Paul Biedermann, German swimmer

  • Ryan Lochte, US swimmer

Check the Irish athletes’ not-awkward headshots here>

Open thread: who should carry the tricolour at the Olympic opening ceremony?

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