Here is the delightful Iris, an alpine skier from Iceland competing in the Super G and Slalom whom I had the pleasure of spending some time with yesterday. You won't see her on the podium, but she's a great kid who is trying her best at these games. The pic isn't professional, obviously, and doesn't really do this 19 year old or her exquisite frame justice.
How do you impress a hot olympic athlete? Well, it can get unconventional. The owner of my favorite sushi joint, for example, invented a sushi roll in honour of Japanese figure skater Mao Asada. Here's the sushi.
Then, one of the local Japadog vendors got into the act and invented the Mao dog. Here it is:
Here's Mao, by the way, the source of all this culinary veneration. She's got the whole Japanese schoolgirl look down pat:
