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Fraud, Deception, Cheating? What's Good About The Summer Olympics?
13 August 08 09:47 AM | scoutmom | 4 comment(s)

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...

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