Beijing Olympics - Day 9
First of all, this is late. And I may have run out of things to talk about now that Michael Phelps is finished. But, I’ll give it a go. (Don’t read if you haven’t watched last night’s Gymnastics yet!)
The Good:
- Shawn Johnson and Nastia Luiken take home silver and bronze for the Floor Exercise. It’s a tiny bit disappointing because Shawn was leading until the last gymnast, and Nastia was a bit robbed on her marks.
- The US Women’s Eight Rowing team won their 9 zillionth gold medal. Okay, not that many, but I’m not sure they’ve ever actually lost that race.
The Disappointing:
- Alicia Sacramone (I hope I got her name right) was also robbed on her marks on the Vault and didn’t medal. Bela Karolyi thought it was wrong. I’m going with that.
- The Jamaicans sweep the Women’s 100m Sprint and the Americans fail to medal. That was sad. But at least most of the women are not as cocky and obnoxious as the men.
The Entertaining:
- Watching Lebron and Kobe - two of the best basketball players in the world - getting so totally into the final Swimming relay race and “cheering with abandon” as Jim Lampley put it. It’s fun to see them be fans, just like the rest of us.
