Olympic fingernails

Britain's Amy Oliver grabs an arrow from her quiver with her nails painted in her country's colors during an elimination round of the individual archery competition.

Britain’s Amy Oliver grabs an arrow from her quiver with her nails painted in her country’s colors during an elimination round of the individual archery competition.  (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)

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Special manicures have taken the Olympics by storm.

French cuticles

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

Argentina design

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

Union flag

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

Lithuania

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 fashion

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)

Japanese design

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

Belarus

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 nails

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)

Laura Robson

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 cyclist

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

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)

British style

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)

Finland nails

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)

Hungarian design

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)

US tennis player Venus Williams looks at

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)