We all remember spearchucker Leryn Franco from her amazing Olympic performance sexy pictures.  And now, via Hot Clicks, the word is that she’s inked a new deal with Nike for their clothing line.

When I first started writing this post, I was expecting to have a lot more information about this, but no: that’s really all the news that Hot Clicks had.  But the rumor seems to have some veracity, as this story in Spanish from late last week seems to say the same thing. “Sensual atleta paraguaya Leryn Franco es el nuevo rostro de Nike” — I don’t speak Spanish, but that sounds like an ad campaign I can masturbate to.

Ah, the Olympic Games: that special quadrennial event that forges a new spirit of global unity through athletic compe– HOLY HELL LOOK AT THAT ASS.  Ahem.  As I was saying, the Olympics are an international event that introduces us to extremely sexy amateur athletes who may or may not garner acclaim for their skill in the arena.

Take, for example, Paraguay’s Leryn Franco.  The javelin thrower (and runner-up in the Miss Paraguay and Miss Bikini Universe contests) finished 51st in Beijing this summer, yet she still became Yahoo’s most searched female Olympian.  Because people were interested in learning more about the javelin event, no doubt.

After the Olympics, Franco returned to the spotlight when rumors swirled that she was at the U.S. Open to support alleged beau Novak Djokovic.  Is it true?  Are they an item?  Who cares — it was a reason to look at her again.

Massive bruiser of a gallery, plus additional links, after the jump.

See more NSFW runway pics here, and video of her getting doused with cold water here.

It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with our favorite Olympian, Argentine javelin thrower Leryn Franco.  Some of the initial findings in August included photos from her calendar, but only now have extra shots from that photoshoot surfaced at pbase (via Hot Clicks).  And by “only now” I mean “eight weeks ago.”  Whatever.  Do you wanna look at the sexy Latina athlete with the perfect ass or not?

After the jump, enjoy some truly astounding video of Leryn modeling a bikini and getting ice-cold water poured on her.  And remember, she’s an Olymipc athlete, so please be respectful of the video, as it is most likely just some form of vigorous training we can’t understand. Sexy vigorous training.

Novak Djokovic is still playing at the U.S. Open, and in between matches he denied being involved with Leryn Franco.  Dammit, make up your minds, people.  I need to know whether I should break off my imaginary romance with Roselyn Sanchez.

The good news is that after having almost zero pictures of her two weeks ago, AFP and Getty Images paid for the rights to some more sexy pictures of Leryn.  Nice work by them.  And I gotta say, Novak Djokovic is way more low-key than I am.  If I were rumored to be dating Leryn I’d buy billboards in LA and full-page ads in USA Today with pictures of her below the text, “I hit this.”

Apparently hastily translated news items on the Internet are true, because everyone’s favorite Olympian/model, Leryn Franco, is in New York to support new boyfriend Novak Djokovic at the U.S. Open.

While Franco didn’t win any medals at the Olympics, she was a runner-up in the 2006 Miss Paraguay pageant and the Miss Bikini Universe contest. And she was sitting in the stands at Ashe Stadium yesterday cheering as Djokovic beat France’s Arnaud Clement in straight sets.

I don’t know.  I don’t think this proves anything.  It could just be a coincidence.  Maybe she was just passing through New York on her way back to Paraguay from China and felt like some tennis.  It’s damn near impossible to get a direct flight from Beijing to Asuncion, you know.  … I SAID IT PROVES NOTHING!!! To hell with ALL of you!  *runs away sobbing*

Matthew Syed, former Olympic table tennis player and current contributor to the UK's The Times, produced an enlightening article on sex in the Olympic Village that mixes his personal experience with the vibe of these Olympic Games. And that vibe is: people be humpin'.

And then there were the female athletes – literally thousands of them – strutting, shimmying, sashaying and jogging around the village, clad in Lycra and exposing yard upon yard of shiny, toned, rippling and unimaginably exotic flesh. Women from all the countries of the world: muscular, virile, athletic and oozing oestrogen. I spent so much time in a state of lust that I could have passed out.

Sounds nice.  Any particularly good anecdotes?

There is a famous story from Seoul in 1988 that there were so many used condoms on the roof terrace of the British team's residential block the night after the swimming concluded that the British Olympic Association sent out an edict banning outdoor sex.

He ends up hypothesizing that higher levels of testosterone and the release from Spartan training regimens makes everybody eager to hold hands and do whatever it is mommy and daddy do, which makes the last half of the article pretty boring, actually.  I had to add these photos of everyone's favorite Paraguyan javelin thrower, Leryn Franco, just to make it interesting.  If that's a problem with anyone, please send your complaints to anyone but me.

[Article via Sporting Blog, pics via Hot Clicks] 

In sexy picture-related news, Olympic spearchucker Leryn Franco is reportedly dating Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic.  Machochip translates this bit from Mundo52:

“Djokovic looks to his new partner as if she were a trophy,” said one of the Argentine athletes. “Is it official? Yes, of course. They go hand in hand everywhere,” he says. The romance he’s referring to is that among the world’s number three tennis player and the beautiful athlete Paraguayan Leryn Franco.

So is it true?  Sure, whatever.  Frankly, I was just looking for an excuse to link to this gallery of Leryn, which was freakin' amazing until that website's server went down.  Just keep clicking on it, maybe it'll work later today.  What, like you've got something better to do?  You're already reading blogs at work, don't act like you've got the President on line 2.

I suppose a more accurate headline for the marginally attractive Paraguayan javelinette would be LERYN FRANCO CAME IN SECOND TO LAST, considering that's where she actually finished in the competition.  She didn't get out of the qualifying round and her best throw was 12 meters shy of her personal best.  But when you think about it, she finished first in my heart, and isn't that what really matters?

Another good headline would have been PENULTIMATE FINISH, ULTIMATE BOOBS.  That's pretty much the entire story.  It could have saved me from busting my ass to write seven whole sentences.  I'm exhausted.

Photo: Getty Images 

Yesterday we got our first glimpse of Paraguay's Leryn Franco, an Olympian javelin thrower who has essentially zero chance of winning a medal but a two thousand per cent chance of idiots saying something like "she can grab MY javelin" or "I'd spear her!"  As if anyone that unfunny could possibly have a "javelin" that has speared anything besides a microwaved cantaloupe.

Wikipedia says that Franco finished second in both the Miss Paraguay and Miss Bikini Universe competitions in 2006.  But since it's Wikipedia I'm kinda dubious.  I mean, I've prayed for years and years for a Bikini Universe, but that doesn't mean it actually exists.

Anyhoo, here's a gallery.  I included a couple of the photos from her calendar that everyone is enjoying so much, but the rest are brand new to the blogosphere.  And go ahead, say that the photos are brand spanking new.  You'll be the cleverest asshole in your cubicle.

Many sports fans sat up and took notice of Paraguay's Leryn Franco, a javelin thrower, when she appeared during the Olympic opening ceremonies (this picture).  Well, Reuters has a mind-blowing story about Franco and other attractive athletes that claims that — sit down, this is gonna come as a shock — attractive athletes are more marketable.

Leryn Franco, 26, a javelin thrower from Paraguay, is competing in her second Olympics at Beijing, thanks to her second career, modelling. "Modelling is a way for me to continue with my sport, the hours are flexible, and you can earn good money through photographic modelling and the catwalk," Franco told Reuters.

But [SI.com's Richard] Deitsch said for hard-core sports fans the appearance or sex appeal of an athlete might make them more interesting, but only if they were winning at their sport. He said two good examples of sports stars who had used their looks to build a brand were English footballer David Beckham and Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova.

Oh yeah, good call, Dick.  And don't forget about Brady Quinn and Anna Kournikova, either.  Who can forget that time they won… uhhhh… something. 

[Sports by Brooks]