I really enjoyed watching women's weightlifting. If whoever runs the 100m is the fastest in the world, then I suppose whoever lifts the most would be considered the strongest in the world. Those asian women are so much smaller than me, but they can lift 2 me's into the air. So cool.
The women's road race was pretty exciting. It was raining, which made the road slick (and caused the cameramen to repeatedly wipe off their cameras), so quite a few crashes occurred. I really wish I had had time to watch it all the way through, but because of work and other events to catch up on, I had to fast-forward through most of it. For much of the race, the US team stayed up at the front to avoid crashes, but later on, the Dutch kept attacking to lead and pick up the pace. Toward the end, Vos of the Netherlands, Armistead of Britain, and Zabelinskaya of Russia pulled ahead and stayed close till the very end, getting gold, silver, and bronze, respectively. It was quite the riveting finish!
The men's 4x100m freestyle relay was exciting, too. It looked like we had it won, but the French caught up to us in the last 50m--exactly the same thing that happened in 2008 but the other way around!
NBC did a special on Kim Rhode, who won gold in individual skeet shooting, becoming the first American to win individual medals in 5 consecutive Olympics. She's only missed once in all that time! Wowie! And Dana Vollmer won gold in the 100m butterfly in world record time, becoming the first woman to swim it in under 56 seconds--faster than most men! Yay for American women!
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And how 'bout those gymnasts??? American women sit 2, 3, and 4 in individual all-around qualifying! So heartbreaking that all three can't progress :(
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