Fraud, Deception, Cheating? What's Good About The Summer Olympics?

Published 13 August 08 09:47 AM | scoutmom

 

Some of the fireworks were computer generated; the featured ‘singer' only lip-synched because the girl with the better voice had crooked teeth; some of the Chinese women's gymnastic team are only 14; a Spanish cyclist has become the first Olympic athlete tossed from the Games for failing a drug test; and we won't even go into the censorship issues.  Is there nothing good about these Beijing Olympics?

You betcha there is!  How about the US Men's Relay team edging out the French in an unbelievable comeback to win the gold?  How about Michael Phelps himself becoming the winningest Olympian ever when he picked up his fifth gold medal of the Summer Games?   Here's what's been completed and what remains for the swimmer:

Day                        Event                               Time/result

Saturday             400 individual medley              Gold

Sunday 400         free relay                               Gold

Monday               200 free                                 Gold

Tuesday               200 butterfly                          Gold

Tuesday               800 free relay                        Gold

Thursday             200 individual medley            10:48 p.m.

Friday                  100 butterfly                        10:10 p.m.

Saturday              400 medley relay                 10:58 p.m.

 

Kristin Armstrong won gold in the women's cycling time trial  - only the 2nd US woman ever to win gold in cyling - and  Levi Leipheimer won bronze in the men's event.

So far, the US leads in the medal total with 29 - 10 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze.  We've won medals in men's and women's swimming, cycling, equestrian (silver), fencing (gold, silver, bronze), gymnastics, and men's and women's shooting. 

U-S-A!  U-S-A!!  U-S-A!!!

 

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Comments

# fleur_de_lis said on August 13, 2008 10:59 AM:

Michael Phelps is phenomenal! That relay race was one of the best sport moments ever! I am enjoying the games, and thanks for the post!

# fleur_de_lis said on August 14, 2008 02:11 PM:

Entranced I am, at young Phelps continued success. Amazed I am to hear that eating 12,000 calories a day he must!~Yoda

# Fluffy Cow said on August 15, 2008 09:03 AM:

The men's relay race was  amazing! I am sadly addicted to the games, I tried not to... but there I am every night at 1:00 am glued to the tv.  *sigh*  THe womens gymnastics last night??  WOW!

# fleur_de_lis said on August 19, 2008 04:50 PM:

Scoutmom--put up a blog so we can comment on the Olympics! I must say, I am hooked.