I had the honor of witnessing one of the more underachieving performances of our USA swim team. Katie Hoff finishes fourth in the 200-meter freestyle. She might as well finished last in this face because out of those who will not be on the podium, she was the best of them. Pure suckitude at the pool. Her gymnastic sisters will need some inspiration, because China's Pang Jiaying finished ahead of Hoff.
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These world records keep falling like flies at this pool. Michael Phelps outdoes New Zealand's Moss Burmeister in the 200-meter butterfly.
Next.
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No fluke about it...Even more bad news from the pool for the ladies: there will be NO Americans in the finals of the women's 200-meter butterfly. Kathleen Hershey finished tied for fourth, while Elaine Breeden finished sixth. The women REALLY haven't had their way at the pool today.
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Romania's gymnasts have not been as dominant as they were before. In the past, these ladies gave us, the Russians, and the Chinese fits. Now, NBC says that this team has been "Westernized," although it's a redundant, pretentious description of the team. I prefer the fact that they have not been as strong as they have been before. Suddenly, even Australia, who is not even a threat to medal in this competition could outdo the Romanian team. That will show you how bad things have been for the team as of late.
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And to add insult to futility, Hoff finishes fourth. AGAIN. This time it's in the 200-m Individual Medley. Natalie Coughlin gives the USA a bronze, while Kirsty Coventry (who I affectionately [sic] call Mugabe's bitch, and it's for a reason; you can look it up in your head) has beeing seeing nothing but silver. The favorite was Australia's Stephanie Rice, and another world record was felled.
But Katie Hoff...oh man. The only medal she got at these games was a silver medal. We have seen teams that have fallen below expectations, but among our group of USA Olympians, Katie Hoff has underachieved with style.
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Holy Toledo, Batman! The USA 4 x 200m freestyle relay team break 7 minutes. 6 minutes, and 58.26 seconds! Ohhhhhhhhh! A new World, Olympic, Americas, and USA record. Thank you NASA for those suits. Russia finishes second, Australia finishes third. And Michael Phelps gets another gold.
Next!
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Alicia Sacramone, how could you? I'm not sure if you have an account here on deviantART, but how could you fail stick the mount on the balance beam? I think you need a hug from Haruhi Suzumiya in a hurry. A big hug, one of the symmetrical docking kind. A hug that will allow you to believe in yourself through the blushes.
More on this in my next entry.
Olympic Quick Hits, Days 4 and 5
So far, I've been singing the praises of Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe, but another of the feel-good stories of these games is Azerbaijan's Elnur Mammadli. Competing in judo in the Under 73 kg category, his gold medal performance renders him a national hero in the Land of Fire.
I am reminded of the days of the original Dream Team as I check out a video of their gold-medal slaughter of Croatia. Ironically, they are facing Angola later today, the first team that the USA fought against in Barcelona.
Good times. Good times.
Yet another Olympian from a small country is Bejamin Boukpeti of Togo, His bronze medal will in an inspiration for many Togolais to take up kayaking. Boukpeti is now a hero in his homeland, like Mammadli from Azerbaijan.
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I sure hope Michael Phelps does not race like Big Brown in the Belmont when take care of the races today at the Water Cube. There are seven others swimming against him, and they all have Da'Tara's inspiration in their Speedos.
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The ladies must pull out all the stops against China at the Olympic Green in women's gymnastics. They must. Just like their volleyball counterparts need to get back on the winning track against Venezuela.
I am reminded of the days of the original Dream Team as I check out a video of their gold-medal slaughter of Croatia. Ironically, they are facing Angola later today, the first team that the USA fought against in Barcelona.
Good times. Good times.
Yet another Olympian from a small country is Bejamin Boukpeti of Togo, His bronze medal will in an inspiration for many Togolais to take up kayaking. Boukpeti is now a hero in his homeland, like Mammadli from Azerbaijan.
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I sure hope Michael Phelps does not race like Big Brown in the Belmont when take care of the races today at the Water Cube. There are seven others swimming against him, and they all have Da'Tara's inspiration in their Speedos.
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The ladies must pull out all the stops against China at the Olympic Green in women's gymnastics. They must. Just like their volleyball counterparts need to get back on the winning track against Venezuela.
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