More thoughts from Day 9 of the Games

Long Beach's very own Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh continued their golden defense with a sweep of Brazil's Ana Paula and Larissa.

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Can this day get any better? The men in the team sabre were able to do something that the women were unable to do in the team foil: defeat Russia. Keeth Smart sent Stanislaw Pozdnyakov to school in a 45-44 rally. They did this also against Hungary.

If I am one of the members on the French team, i.e. JUlien Pillet, I should be thinking, "Sacre bleu!"

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I am busy looking for some work, freshly motivated. I really have no clue; I am suddenly quite, and before you know it, I am spending a few hours in the real world.

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In spite of qualifying for the finals of the men's 50m 3 positions event, Qiu Jian of China took home another gold for the home country, while Emmons finished fourth.

Smooth move, Ex-Lax. >_>

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Apparently China wasn't the only team pushing us to the bring. As the old Bush cliche goes, "You forgot Poland." Of course, though, we got job done nonetheless, 18-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-19, and 15-13.

The Polish team was playing like there was no tomorrow if they lost. So it was no surprise that they were tested. They will have to look at the film, and get ready for a date with either Italy, Russia, or Serbia.

If you ask me: I want them to face Russia. Getting a little payback for what their fencing team did to us in the team foil final...heheheh. CHA~~~~~NCE.

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I hope Misty and Kerri get Natalie Cook and Tamsin Barnett. I wouldn't mind a chance for a Brazilian sweep against Talia Rocha and Renata Ribeiro. Meanwhile, Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs would need to complete a Chinese sweep to get a date with May-Treanor and Walsh.

It's doable...if all four of them are up for it.

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China didn't leave the tennis courts empty-handed; Yan Zi and Zheng Jie rub more salt in the Bondarenko sisters' wounds. It would, however, be a Russian sweep in the women's singles tournament, with Li Na losing to Vera Zvonareva.