Perhaps the tattoo artist intentionally misspelled it in hopes of avoiding a cease and desist letter from the US Olympic Committee. See: http://gawker.com/5920036/us-olympics-committee-is-mad-at-knitting-olympics-for-denigrating-real-athletes
"As far as accuracy goes, every story on Lowering the Bar (this is still part of the disclaimer, just a new paragraph of it) has at least one source that I consider to be reputable. WARNING: I consider Wikipedia to be “reputable,” depending on the circumstances. What this means, really, is that I don’t make stories up – everything here is at least based on a true story."
Also, there's a link in the article to the original source from the Topeka Capital-Journal.
"As far as accuracy goes, every story on Lowering the Bar (this is still part of the disclaimer, just a new paragraph of it) has at least one source that I consider to be reputable. WARNING: I consider Wikipedia to be “reputable,” depending on the circumstances. What this means, really, is that I don’t make stories up – everything here is at least based on a true story."
Also, there's a link in the article to the original source from the Topeka Capital-Journal.