Olympic fingernails

French swimmer Margaux Farrell shows off her patriotic fingernails.  (Franck Fife / AFP / Getty Images)

Argentinan rower Maria Laura Abalo has her nails done in her country’s colors for the Olympic competition.  (Rainer Jensen / EPA)

Britain’s Union flag is painted onto the fingernails of archer Alison Williamson at the London 2012 Olympic Village.  (John Stillwell / AFP / Getty Images)

Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania, with her national flag’s colors painted on her nails, blows a kiss to the crowd at the aquatics center after winning the women’s 100-meter breaststroke.  (Odd Anderson / AFP / Getty Images)

Mexico’s Luz Mercedes Acosta Valdez, with her nails painted with Mexican and British flags, prepares to compete in the weightlifting women’s 63 kilogram Group A event at the Excel Centre.  (Yuri Cortez/AFP/GettyImages)

Japan’s Reiko Shiota sports colored nails while competing in mixed doubles badminton.  (Andres Leighton / Associated Press)

Cyclist Alena Amialiusik of Belarus sports national nail colors at the sign-in prior to the start of the women’s road cycling race.  (Robert Ghement / EPA)

French silver medalist Celine Goberville sports her country’s flag colors on her thumbnail while competing in the women’s 10-meter air pistol event.  (Marwan Naamani / AFP / Getty Images)

The nails of Laura Robson of Britain are painted with colors of the union flag as she plays against Lucie Safarova at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon.  (Mark Humphrey / Associated Press)

Brazil’s Clemilda Fernandes Silva dons national nail colors as she signs in for the women’s road cycling race at the London 2012 Olympic Games.  (Robert Ghement / EPA)

Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark displays fingernails decorated with her national color and flag as she arrives at the Olympic Village.  (Alexander Hassenstein / AFP / Getty Images)

Britain’s Rebecca Adlington’s nails are shown with the British flag after a women’s 400-meter freestyle heat.  (Leon Neal / AFP / Getty Images)

Gymnast Annika Urvikko of Finland, her fingernails painted in the colors of her nation’s flag, performs on the uneven bars during the artistic gymnastics women’s qualifications.  (Matt Dunham / Associated Press)

Dora Csabai of Hungary holds up her hand, which is painted in the national colors of Hungary, as she plays water polo.  (Alastair Grant / Associated Press)

Tennis player Venus Williams looks at her hand, with fingernails adorned with U.S. colors, at a news conference at Olympic Stadium.  (Jewel Samad / AFP / Getty Images)