Today’s article will be guest written by one of the original 12 Olympians Hephaestus “the blacksmith”.

Hermes brings me news of a new Olympiad. An Olympiad of snow and ice! What a brilliant idea oh mere mortals, this does please me. During my exile from Mount Olympus I myself forged blades of steel out of blocks of metal and strapped them to my feet to glide across the frozen ponds of Lemnos.

I admit it had been some time since I had witnessed an athletic event of such proportion and you small humans have certainly expanded the Olympic format. There is nothing at all wrong with that of course… I see how you roll.

It didn’t take me long to find interest in these new games. The first event I tuned into (I need to thank Apollo for the DVR) was the mens Biathlon… wow! Racing on ski’s, carrying and shooting a high powered rifle?? Not even Zeus himself could have imagined such an awesome combination of elements within a single sport. Continue reading The best of the 2010 Winter Olympics →