U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!

Jake Deitchler of the U.S. (in red) fights Armen Vardanyan of Ukraine during their 66 kg men's Greco-Roman wrestling repêchage round 2 match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.


“Repêchage,” for those of you who don't know, is French for “Chin-rimming with a reach-around,” and although usually in wrestling, the guy on the bottom is the loser, in this case, as you can tell by the look on Jake's face, there are no losers in the repêchage round of the tournament.

Eventually, Armen—whose chin-rimming, clearly, leaves something to be desired (the “fix” might have been in on this one)—did go on to win the match. Jake, for his efforts, got an Olympic-quality reach-around and a trip to China.

What did you do on your summer vacation?