Why The Winter Olympics Are Crap The Italians created Olympic cheerleaders. And you know what I think of cheerleaders. See video for your giggling enjoyment here. Why the Olympics at least have a shred of respectability: Russian Figure Skating champ Anna Semenovich on the left, Gretchen Bleiler on the right and a big hell yeah to Tanith Belbin in the middle. I didn't forget Carla Bruni from the opening ceremony, but she got her own whole post here.