Chausson Win’s Gold In Crazy Women’s BMX Race
I just finished watching the first ever Olympic gold medal race in BMX racing. It was for the women’s gold medal. Anne-Caroline Chausson of France won the gold medal, Laetitia Le Corguille won the the silver medal and Jill Kintner of the United States won the bronze medal.
It was quite fun to watch, [...]
US Softball Team Can’t Make It 4 In Row
The US Softball Team lost today… I know it’s SHOCKING news! Especially considering that one of the reasons cited for removing softball from all future Olympics (starting with the 2012 Olympics in London) was that the US Softball team is unbeatable…
GUESS NOT, EH?
Anyway, the US Softball took the silver medal in Olympic softball, after [...]
Nastia Liukin’s Olympic Gymnastics Gold Medal Creates Golden Opportunities
Nastia Liukin’s gold medal in the all around competition in Women’s gymnastics is marketing gold for her. It has opened up all kinds of doors for her. I still expect her teammate Shawn Johnson to make a lot of money in endorsements, but this gold medal may actually provide more opportunities for Nastia. Time will [...]
Interview With Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh winners of the Gold in Beach volleyball, did a terrific interview on the Today show this morning. You can check it out below.
US Women’s Soccer Team Wins Gold
The US Women’s soccer team beat Brazil 1-0 today to win the Gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Carli Lloyd scored in over time (extra time in soccer) to lead the United States to victory over Brazil. This was the US Women’s soccer team’s third gold in four Olympics. US goalkeeper Hope Solo, was [...]
Underwear A Key Factor In Field Hockey Matches???
How crazy is this?
To quote the article:
Kevin Marr was ordered to watch the must-win match against Germany from the grandstand as punishment for three players wearing black undies beneath white shorts in an earlier match.
Apparently, underwear is taking on a major role in field hockey at the Beijing Olympics. The New Zealand hockey manager was [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/21
USA 27 gold, 31 silver, 29 bronze, 87 total
China 45 gold, 15 silver, 21 bronze, 81 total
Russia 16 gold, 16 silver, 19 bronze, 51 total
Great Britain 17 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze, 39 total
Australia 11 gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze, 38 total
Germany 11 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze, [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/20
China 45 gold, 14 silver, 20 bronze, 79 total
USA 26 gold, 26 silver, 27 bronze, 79 total
Russia 13 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze, 45 total
Great Britain 16 gold, 10 silver, 10 bronze, 36 total
Australia 11 gold, 12 silver, 13 bronze, 36 total
France 4 gold, 12 silver, 14 [...]
Hilarious Rhythmic Gymnastics Video
Matt Lauer and Al Roker performing men’s tandem rhythmic gymnastics.
Hey, we set up the protest areas, what more do you want from us?
Out of 77 applications for protests, guess how many were approved? None. Not one. Watch the video and shake your head.
What?!? No Wheaties box for Michael Phelps?
Yep. Michael Phelps is going to be on Corn Flakes, instead. Um, okay. It just doesn’t have that ring, but I guess you have to do what you have to do.
A MUCH Better Night for Gymnastics!
There were definitely still areas to quibble about, but tonight the end result was satisfactory. Shawn Johnson finally gets her gold— yea, Shawn! Nastia Liukin adds to her collection with another silver. Of course, the Chinese gymnasts each had pretty major errors, so if that HADN’T been the result, well I just [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/19
USA 25 gold, 26 silver, 26 bronze, 77 total
China 42 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze, 74 total
Russia 10 gold, 14 silver, 18 bronze, 42 total
Australia 11 gold, 11 silver, 12 bronze, 34 total
Great Britain 15 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze, 32 total
France 4 gold, 11 silver, 14 [...]
Nastia Liukin victim of weird tie breaking system
As I alluded to in my last post, the new tie breaker system is ridiculous (and I don’t mean in the good sense of the word “ridiculous”). She tied for gold, but received the silver. What was wrong with tying and giving out two golds? I have no idea! But that’s [...]
Why gymnastics scoring sucks– let me count the ways
Well, this is becoming the theme of my Summer Olympics blog— gymnastics scoring sucks! So, here are the reasons I can come up with (feel free to add your own in the comments).
1. Tie breakers— Really? A tie breaker? And the tie breaker protocol doesn’t even make any sense! You [...]
Is Usain Bolt a Poor Sport?
I wrote the other night about watching Usain Bolt winning the 100m, looking like he wasn’t really trying. Today the commentators have been talking about the sportsmanship of not putting in your best effort at the Olympics and, even worse, mocking your fellow competitors by turning around to see what’s happened to them since [...]
Olympic Medal Count 8/18
China 39 gold, 14 silver, 14 bronze, 67 total
USA 20 gold, 22 silver, 25 bronze, 67 total
Russia 7 gold, 13 silver, 14 bronze, 34 total
Australia 11 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze, 33 total
Great Britain 12 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze, 27 total
France 4 gold, 10 silver, 13 [...]