The US 4x100m freestyle swim team had an AMAZING race against France. The French team had been talking some trash before the race about us, but we ended up beating them by 8/10 of a second! Jason Lezak's last leg was the fastest relay split ever--we were almost a full body legth behind and he caught up right at the end! I watched it with my dad, grandparents, aunt, and uncle and we all cheered when it happened. The faces on Phelps and the other teammates were PRICELESS! It was hilarious. NBC showed the replay a million times and it never got old. Woohoo!
That was the most exciting part of the day, but it was also nice to see the US basketball team beat China. It looks like "The Redeem Team" was named accurately.
I can't say as much for the Women's Gymnastics team, though. There was a lot of stepping out of bounds, falling off of bars, and landing badly. Shawn Johnson was the only girl who never made any big mistakes. It was cool to see them huddle up after it was all over, though. They were encouraging each other, saying that they got through it, it's only prelims, they can do better in the finals. It reminded me a lot of what we used to do before and after marching band performances in high school. They certainly had an off day, but they all have great attitudes and I think they'll be able to bounce back.
Another interesting event was the Women's Cycling Road Race. It started raining midway through the race and those skinny tires plus watery roads is not a good combo. A Korean cycler slipped and took down a bunch of others with her. I'm usually not that into cycling, but the increased difficulty of this race made it quite interesting, and regardless of how the majority of the race goes, the end is always exciting.
An interesting side note: there is apparently a Starbucks at the Great Wall of China. Lol.
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