Olympic Pig Skins

Olympic fever continues this week with news from the Financial Times about a controversy over pigs reportedly reared to help athletes pass doping tests. After FT reported in August that the supplier was planning to “rear organically fed pigs at secret locations in order to provide Olympic athletes with meat guaranteed not to cause them to fail doping tests,” angry netizens lashed out online against the perceived preferential treatment for foreign athletes, particularly in the wake of all the food scandals from this past year.

The company, for its part, denied the rumors, but reportedly failed to elaborate on exactly what it’s doing to its prized porkers. Read more about it here.

And not to be outdone in whipping up Olympic fever, the Beijingolympicsfan blog has posted a series of eye-popping pics of a few rather zealous supporters of the upcoming games.

Seems that a few fans have literally taken it upon themselves to help spread the word by embossing their bodies with Olympic-themed tattoos, including slogans, the Olympic rings, and even the furry Fuwas themselves. See more here and at the link listed below.

Links and Sources:
Financial Times: Financial Times: Pigs Reared to Pass Olympics Doping Test Run Into Hurdle
Beijing Olympics Fan: Beijing Olympics 2008 Tattoos, Inspired By Prison Break
modblog: Great Wall of China Facial Tattoo