after many long days and late nights of watching the olympics (for those who know my husband typically crashes for the night shortly after dinner, know this is a big deal), ive made a few observations on the games.
1. I am pretty sure micheal phelps is a fish guy like the one from waterworld. with the gills behind his ears, you know who im talking about. as the ausies say "to put it simply, hes a freak." aside from the pure talent that oozes out of him, i dont know if there is something in the water, or those new speed suits are as good as rocket packs. i dont think his 8 gold's and 7 world records will be beaten any time soon. truely one of the greatest athletes ever.
2. the ladys gymnastics events dont seem to be what they used to. I swear that the bars routines and floor events were soo much longer back in the day. as justin pointed out, i was smaller and everything seemed longer/bigger/faster then, but i am sticking by my claim. i thought they used to do more tricks on the uneven bars, and go back and forth between the 2 more. anyone else think im not crazy?
3. there are so many "sports" that quite frankly is a stretch of the word. ping pong, seriously! ive played, its fun. i dont think its up there with the likes of marathon running as far as athletic ability is concerned though. and dont get me started on the prancing horses.
4. i find it such a bummer that so many people lost money to scams selling tickets to the games, and yet so many of the seats at every event are not filled. i guess the scalpers outside are trying to make an extra buck but its leaving them empty. a couple of the funny people in oz wanted to see if people actually knew the events of the games, so they scalped tickets to fake events. they got 80 euros for the dominos final, fiji v. belarus. and $200 for the tetherball final. no joke.
5. we only get to see the stuff that australia is good at. ie, badminton, table tennis, most swimming events, rowing, and field hockey. usually the only time we catch up on how the US is doing is when they happen to be in an event with them. i never thought about that glitch when we came over here, so its a good thing the US is in just about everything. the big bummer is we dont get to see any of the dream team, water polo (they are favored to win), interviews, gymnastics, baseball, soccer, ect. major bummer!
6. it doesnt look that hard! I know these athletes work their whole lives to get ready for these games, but they make it look so easy. it makes me think i can go jump in the mix and soon enough ill be standing on that podium getting my big old medal.
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15 years ago
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Hey thanks for the hint about spelling Ean's name! Phonetic spelling definitely didn't work! :) I love the picture of you holding the Koala! Does it feel like a chinchilla? Have fun!
Totally agreeing with ya girl. We've been loving the Olympics, but we've been making the same observations. We were completely floored when they announced the "trampoline" finals? We were like hwhat? Can bouncing on a trampoline really be its own sport or just a cop out for gymnasts that couldn't cut it? Jake's been catching stuff that he's missed online. They have total replay so that you can watch it. Last night we were riveted to the womens beach volleyball final. Go May-Treanor and Walsh!
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