So they are wrapping up. I spent many an hour watching the world's best compete for small little medals and was thoroughly entertained. From the constant second guessing of certain swim results, arguments over athlete's ages (yeah, she doesn't look 16.. I mean, even Stuart wouldn't hit that), dropped batons, missed chances, referees kicked in the face, medals refused, incompetent officiating.. well let's just say the news definitely knows how to hype the stories.
But all in all it has been very fun to see them compete. I especially like the underdog races, where the favorites didn't make the final round and suddenly you have a wide open race. I mean, Spain winning the K2 500 meter? Come on.. did not see that occurring. It was also the first time I was able to watch canoing, synchronized swimming, track cycling, racewalking and a few other unique sports which don't show up in American sport's culture as highly as say, tracking and field, swimming, etc.
Oh, and 10k open water swim? Pretty nifty.
Dropping women's softball due to American whooping everyone's ass... then having America not win the gold medal? Ironic.
Watching 2 women from the gold medal ping-pong team face each other in the singles gold medal match? Amusing.
-Later
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