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A late submission

Title: Sticking the Landing Author: SweetMandolins Sport: Artistic Gymnastics & Rhythmic Gymnastics Characters/Pairings: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson Rating: Mature Length: 45K.  Complete - daily updates for the next 14 days Warnings: none

John Watson, Captain of Team GB’s gymnastics squad is confident and primed for his third and final Olympics. Disappointed in London with a shoulder injury putting paid to his Olympic dream, can he secure an Olympic gold finish before retirement? Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes has other problems. Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics is the newest Olympic sport, but a series of peculiar accidents both on and off the floor have taken out some of the competitors. Does something more sinister lurk under the spangles and spandex? Can Sherlock solve the mystery in time to deliver a flawless ball routine? And does something more valuable than medals await the boys in Rio?

http://archiveofourown.org/works/8797708/chapters/20169160

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Thank you and congratulations to everyone who participated in this year’s Sherlock Biennial Sports Challenge!  As promised, a gold medal for each of you - wear them proudly.

And if you have a piece of art or fic that you didn’t quite finish by the end of the Olympics, that’s okay. We will still happily accept submissions.

See you in two years! :)

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Heroes don’t exist and if they did I wouldn’t be one of them...

...Every fairy tale needs a good old fashioned villain.

One day left! Still plenty of time to join the

Sherlock Biennial Sports Challenge!

Create a Sherlock AU about an official Olympic Sport from this year’s Summer Games. Post the finished product before the end of the Olympics (August 21, 2016). That’s it! You don’t have to set your story/drawing/vid/whatever during the Olympics – just do something involving the sport you choose and a characters (or characters) from BBC’s Sherlock.

FAQ – List of Summer Sports – Submit your Creation!

THE GAMES ARE ON!

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Rugby!John

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Have some rugby John

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Challenge entry

Anticipation, by NovaNara 

Summary:For the Sherlock Biennal Sports Challenge on Tumblr, though they might say I cheated.Jim ponders over his delightful post- TAB plans. 

On AO3 http://archiveofourown.org/works/7811992 ,

or on FF: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12109316/1/Anticipation 

Bit of RPF, may God forgive me

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Rugby!John

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Have some rugby John

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This is the other image I was trying to use for Irene’s promo post, but I just couldn’t *quite* get it to work the way I wanted (I think I’ve done like five complete versions of this that I’ve trashed). Still...posting it here just for the heck of it. I figure Irene would be into naked biking. ;)

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We fully support this AU.

srsly what about Mycroft and Sherlock as the Brownlee brothers? Triathlon AU anyone?

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Can they win the gold medal for cutest sportsmanship

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Both synchronized swimming and water polo require competitors to hold themselves stable above the water’s surface without touching the pool’s bottom. One of the basic techniques for doing so in both sports is known as the eggbeater kick, shown above. The eggbeater kick is very similar to the motion for the breaststroke’s kick, but it’s performed upright and with alternating leg motions, sweeping a clockwise circle with the left leg and a counterclockwise one with the right.

A swimmer typically stays afloat due to a buoyant force equal to the weight of the volume of water the swimmer displaces. Rising further out the water means reducing the buoyant force, so the swimmer must generate other forces to counter their weight. The eggbeater kick does this two ways. First, as the swimmer sweeps their foot around, it acts like a hydrofoil, generating lift that holds the swimmer up. Second, other parts of the kick cycle force water downward, which, by Newton’s third law, pushes the swimmer up. 

Keeping a wide stance and sweeping the legs alternately allows the athlete to balance the horizontal forces their motions create while keeping the upward forces generated relatively constant. This gives them a stable, arms-free platform that’s a foundation for everything else their sport requires.  (Image credits: GettyImages; The Studio WLV, source)

Previously: How buoyancy helps swimmers

Join us throughout the Rio Olympics for more fluid dynamics in sports. If you love FYFD, please help support the site!

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        ╚ Molly Hooper on the swim team

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I think I did it wrong by submitting this by tagging you in it, so I’m submitting the link here instead :)

http://solrosan.tumblr.com/post/148652188656/for-sherlocksportschallenge-molly

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Maybe? We caught it now, and it’s lovely! Thank you so much for creating and sharing!

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The SherLympics! At last, an international sporting event that will really bring London to a standstill…

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        ╚ Molly Hooper on the swim team

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International Multi-Sport Event Coverage: Dressage

How to

Dressage is not about putting horses in clothing, even though that sounds like it would be a great idea.  Nothing too restrictive that will make the horse upset. Maybe a nice sundress, some linen culottes. Whatever.

To be a successful competitor in the horse-based sport of dressage, both rider and equestrian must perform a series of memorized tasks involving different types of trots, gallops, and cantor. Together, this fancy footwork makes up the ride.

Winning

The ride is rated on the following scale:

10 – Excellent

9 – Very good

8 – Good

7 – Fairly good

6 – Satisfactory

5 – Marginal

4 – Insufficient

3 – Fairly Bad

2 – Bad

1 – Very bad

0 – Not executed

It is the opinion of Staff that all horses are 10 Excellent. All horses should win.

Quadrennial top medal match-ups: Dressage

Monday, August 15 at 9 a.m. EST: individual dressage

Famous horses from history

Secretariat

Li’l Sebastian

The horse with no name

Good horse Tumblrs

@dressagehub describes itself as having everything you need to know about dressage.

@equine-images has the dream job you didn’t know exist: professional equine photographer

@i-draw-one-hundred draws 100 of a thing and then moves on to the next one. They’re currently on horse 98, so get over there fast.