Sports From The Other Side : Summer Olympicshttp://steeplemedia.com/blogs/scout_sports/archive/tags/Summer+Olympics/default.aspxTags: Summer OlympicsenCommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)Fraud, Deception, Cheating? What's Good About The Summer Olympics?http://steeplemedia.com/blogs/scout_sports/archive/2008/08/13/fraud-deception-cheating-what-s-good-about-the-summer-olympics.aspxWed, 13 Aug 2008 16:47:00 GMTc998f482-ec7c-4361-b8ef-bbefdab28df1:105660scoutmom4http://steeplemedia.com/blogs/scout_sports/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=105660http://steeplemedia.com/blogs/scout_sports/archive/2008/08/13/fraud-deception-cheating-what-s-good-about-the-summer-olympics.aspx#comments<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some of the fireworks were computer generated; the featured ‘singer&#39; only lip-synched because the girl with the better voice had crooked teeth; some of the Chinese women&#39;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&#39;t even go into the censorship issues.&nbsp; Is there nothing good about these Beijing Olympics?</p> <p>You betcha there is!&nbsp; How about the US Men&#39;s Relay team edging out the French in an unbelievable comeback to win the gold?&nbsp; How about Michael Phelps himself becoming the winningest Olympian <i>ever</i> when he picked up his fifth gold medal of the Summer Games? &nbsp;&nbsp;Here&#39;s what&#39;s been completed and what remains for the swimmer:</p> <p><b>Day&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Event&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Time/result</b></p> <p>Saturday&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 400 individual medley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gold</p> <p>Sunday 400 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; free relay&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gold</p> <p>Monday&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 200 free&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Gold</p> <p>Tuesday&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 200 butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Gold</p> <p>Tuesday&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 800 free relay&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gold</p> <p><b>Thursday&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 200 individual medley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>10:48 p.m.</b></p> <p><b>Friday&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 100 butterfly&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>10:10 p.m</b>.</p> <p><b>Saturday&nbsp;&nbsp;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 400 medley relay&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>10:58 p.m</b>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Kristin Armstrong won gold in the women&#39;s cycling time trial &nbsp;- only the 2<sup>nd</sup> US woman ever to win gold in cyling - and &nbsp;Levi Leipheimer won bronze in the men&#39;s event. </p> <p>So far, the US leads in the medal total with 29 - 10 gold, 8 silver, 11 bronze.&nbsp; We&#39;ve won medals in men&#39;s and women&#39;s swimming, cycling, equestrian (silver), fencing (gold, silver, bronze), gymnastics, and men&#39;s and women&#39;s shooting.&nbsp; </p> <p>U-S-A!&nbsp; U-S-A!!&nbsp; U-S-A!!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://steeplemedia.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=105660" width="1" height="1">Sports RoundupSports RelatedSummer Olympics