Parachuting out of a helicopter is tough enough. Parachuting out of a helicopter with the entire planet watching? With just 500 feet to spare? Wearing a dress? Yeah, it takes a special kind of fellow to pull that off.

(Getty Images)The last time you saw Gary Connery was most likely as he descended into the London night wearing a pink dress and a parachute in the most spectacular moment of the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony. An estimated 1.4 billion people worldwide watched that moment, the culmination of a skit involving Queen Elizabeth and Daniel Craig, the current James Bond. The live stunt worked to perfection … which came as no surprise to its jumper.

"It was not that difficult from a technical perspective," Connery told Yahoo! Sports, "but with the whole world watching, if you get it wrong, you get it very wrong."

Connery, a 42-year-old stuntman with decades of high-profile stunt work, had worked with Opening Ceremony creator Danny Boyle before, giving everyone involved a sense of confidence in

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With 22 Olympic medals, Michael Phelps will always be associated with the Olympics. But he retired after the London Olympics, and has made it quite clear that he will not compete in the pool again.

Phelps is currently spending time in Brazil, teaching children to swim and touring the country that will host the next Summer Games. He is also taking advantage of the country's golf courses. He admitted he just may try the Olympics again -- as a golfer.

Golf will be an Olympic sport again in 2016, and Phelps joked that he could come back if he becomes an "amazing golfer," but admitted it was unlikely. Considering that each country can only send two representatives, Phelps will have to leap over Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson.

But this is Michael Phelps we're talking about. He's a freak of an athlete, and just may surprise us.

Josh Sundquist's leg was amputated when he was 10 because of cancer. When he was found to be cancer free at 13, he tried skiing and made it to the U.S. Paralympic team. He represented the United States in the 2006 Paralympics. Since then, he's become a motivational speaker and a master of Halloween costumes. Sundquist uses his disability to come up with some pretty hilarious costumes.

This year, he dressed as the famous lamp from the movie "A Christmas Story."

(Josh Sundquist)Yes, it was the leg lamp that Ralphie's dad received as "A Major Award," in the box marked fra-gee-lay. (If you're not familiar with the film, wait a few weeks. When it is ominpresent during the holidays, a lightbulb will go off.)