Congratulations to all Our Olympics 2016 winners!

Emilie Torres (New Zealand), an up and coming artist, is designing the medals this year and they are still in the process, but will be posted on Facebook and sent to the winners when they are finished. Here is a preview of the initial concept sketch:

Gold Medal: Japan (Stephanie Terusa)

Prize: Medal and Brazil Bear

Silver Medal: Australia (Elyse Jarvis)

Prize: Medal and USA Bear

Bronze Medal: France (Mary Blake Morehouse)

Prize: Medal and France Bear

Gold Spirit Award: Hungary (Maddie Des Jardins)

Prize: Medal and Roman Laurel Wreath Necklace

Middle of the Road Prize: TIE - Mexico (Brittany Vergara) and Turkey (Ryan Vergara)

Prize: Sticker of Toucan

Random Drawing Prize: Kazakhstan (Kathy Smith)

Prize: USA Flag Beach Towel

Coal Prize: Ireland (Sarah McNamara)

Prize: Phelps Face Sticker

Here are the official standings for all competitors:

Rank	Country	Representative	Total Points
1	Japan	Stephanie Terusa	682
2	Australia	Elyse Jarvis	602
3	France	Mary Blake Morehouse	566
4	Hungary	Maddie Des Jardins	563
5	Germany	Lori Cress	530
6	South Korea	Kim Klingaman	495
7	Italy	Pam Keller	487
8	Spain	Amy Brennan	451
9	New Zealand	Emilie Torres	407
10	Netherlands	Tina Torres	393
11	Kenya	Gary Keller	367
12	Cuba	Elvin Miali	323
13	Kazakhstan	Kathy Smith	308
14	Azerbaijan	David Rathel	302
	Denmark	Martha Joy McGee	302
16	Brazil	Brian Cress	280
	Jamaica	Michael Anderson	280
18	Ukraine	Jessica MacDonald	273
19	Georgia	McCaulley Family	262
20	Canada	Lisa Blair	242
	Switzerland	Liesl Olson	242
22	Mexico	Brittany Vergara	222
	Turkey	Ryan Vergara	222
24	Romania	Graydon Cress	218
25	Sweden	Erin Cress	212
26	Czech Republic	Fran & Kids Anderson	210
27	Croatia	Chloe Coppedge	200
28	Uzbekistan	Brett Speakman	190
29	Ireland	Sarah McNamara	188
30	South Africa	Steve & Danielle Keller	155
31	Poland	Elsie Coppedge	145
32	Argentina	Joanna Coppedge	140
	Belarus	Lucy Coppedge	140
34	Colombia	Sean MacDonald	120
35	Greece	Troy Townsend	110
	Thailand	Caleb Froehlich	110
37	Ethiopia	Laurie & Aileigh Blois	100
38	Slovenia	Iona Blois	95
39	Norway	Sophie Coppedge	90
	Slovakia	Marshall Cress	90
41	Lithuania	Rachel Froehlich	85
42	Finland	Amber & Emma Speakman	80
43	Mongolia	Billy & Blake Coppedge	70
44	India	April Rathel	55
45	Tunisia	Harrington Speakman	45
46	Trinidad & Tobago	Isaac Blois	35

Congratulations everyone to a great 31st Summer Olympics! I had a spectacular time hosting and loved interacting with each and every one of you! 

Best of luck and see you in 2018 for PyeongChang!