In team competition, the USA had had its share of ups and downs. The USA Women had their sloppiest game yet at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium. Against Becky Hammon and the Russians, they eked out a 67-52 victory. In extra time, the USA women defeated Brazil thanks to Carli Lloyd's goal in the 96th minute.
There were a few letdowns, all of them big. Down at the Yingdong Natatorium, the USA lose a heartbreaker to the Netherlands, 9-8. And what the bloody hell just happened in Fengtai!? In what will go down as one of the biggest chokes in softball history as well as a day of infamy for softball in this country, the USA loses to Japan, 3-1. This USA side was undefeated before this game. For these ladies to lose the very last game in their Olympic campaign-THE VERY LAST GAME-is something that will never be erased from this proud American psyche for years, even after the sport is reinstated.
This softball picked the WRONG time to drop one. Let us have a moment of silence for their campaign gone south. See the obituary below.
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More chokes. In taekwondo, Mark Lopez lost to Son Tae-Jin for the gold medal, while Diana Lopez salvaged a campaign gone south, defeating Veronica Calabrese for the bronze. Allyson Felix was outrun by Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica for the gold in the women's 200 meters. Just in case you had any doubt about the Havana Affair being put to rest, David Payne and David Oliver were not match for Dayron Robles of Cuba in the men's 100-meter hurdles.
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There were some other good things that also happened. Lashawn Merritt, Jeremy Wariner and David Neville made it a 1-2-3 finish for the USA in the men's 400 meters.
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More diving medals for the Chinese. Ruolin Chen and Wang Xin finish 1-3 in the women's 10-meter platform.
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Konata's gonna need to crank up those sliders, because it IS Brazil that the USA will face in the women's volleyball gold medal game. They swept China 3-0. And it WILL be Australia in the gold medal game in women's hoops, with the Opals thumping China, 90-56.
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Rest in peace, Gene Upshaw.
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And just when you thought it couldn't get any more worse for the USA, it does. Both 4 x 100 meter relay teams dropped the baton. And suddenly, Chicago's prospects for 2016 have taken a serious about-face.
Mercy.
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You Frenchies need to quit talking outta yer derrieres.
Olympic Quick Hits, Day 3
Pop quiz: Suppose you have a situation involving a Frenchwoman and her love affair with an Italian beau. Both of them are swimmers. And then, this guy flaunts his infidelity by sleeping with a fellow Italian woman, also a swimmer. The French girl's life is emotionally crushed. As luck would have it, both of them qualify for the 400m freestyle final in Beijing. What do you do?
Answer:
Get a couple of competent Brits in Rebecca Adlington and Joanne Jackson, and sandwich them around American Katie Hoff. And that, my friends is what happened.
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Rowdy Gaines, you are a bloody toof for exploting Hoff's orgasmic groans of disgust. You shagbag womanizer.
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The French 4 x 100 M relay team is praying for divine intervention a la Tour de France 2000's era. They are praying to their personal Jesuses that the Americans doped.
Well, just like Beijing, God can't control everything. But if your prayers are somehow answered, none of you are welcomed into my Maison de BoBA. And zat, my friend, is de bottom line. Hon hon hon.
Archery is a sport where we clearly suck at. The USA lost to Taiwan in the men's team quarterfinals.
By 4 points. Mercy.
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Cuba seems to be our bogey team in women's volleyball. Out here in the states, we can only hope that our ladies bounce back, becuase I think our men will fare better than these poor MILFs. I can solace in the fact that their guys wouldn't stand a chance against David Lee and the gang.
Ugh. Horrid performance. They wouldn't stand a chance against Penn State's ladies. Venezuela's gonna be gulping right now.
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God bless Lauren Wenger. Her game winning shot with the women's water polo team a player up gave the USA a 12-11 victory. It was a sharp contrast to the 108-63 farce of a game against their respective basketball counterparts.
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Out of all the non-USA threads that the basketballing chicks wear, I like Australia's the best. I don't know; I just dig hot sheilas in tight fits like that.
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