11.   She and van den Hoogenband have been collecting world records as if they were Olympic pins.

12.   She embraced the spectacle of the opening ceremony, met other athletes during Olympic pin exchanges and found a little kick of adrenaline as her matches came along.

13.   Some actually wear vests and hats festooned completely with Olympic pins.

14.   The Games will open under unprecedented security, with checkpoints and machine-gun toting National Guard members more commonplace than Olympic pin traders.

15.   The rest of the place was filled with small tables with guys with Olympic pins.

16.   The trading of Olympic pins went on.

17.   These are the no-steel-toed boots Olympics, no-wire hairbrush Olympics, no-souvenir Olympic pins Olympics.

18.   They are collectors of Olympic pins, and their passionate ranks have soared into the thousands.

19.   Ticketholders will receive a commemorative Olympic pin.

20.   This year, he has his own Olympic pin.