Good Morning! I actually get to watch things live today as I don't have to go to work. Here is the current standing medal count since I didn't get to it last night.
China 7 4 2 : 13
USA 3 5 5 : 13
Italy 2 4 2 : 8
France 2 1 2 : 5
South Korea 2 1 2 : 5
Japan 0 2 3 : 5
Russia 1 0 3 : 4
In the News
Kimberley Rhode, who won Gold in the women's skeet shooting yesterday, is the first American athlete to medal in five consecutive Olympics.
The hardest thing about watching the women's gymnastics is watching their parent's in the crowd watching them. Ali Raisman's parents seemed to be doing her uneven bar routine along with her by squirming around in their seats. Ali Raisman's Parents watch her on the Uneven Bars
Another article from the 'duh' files, and something that I particularly have interest in. Yahoo has an article about how the sound is mixed and enhanced, or faked, during competition by the placement of hundreds of mics around the area to capture every important sound. Sounds like a gymnasts feet hitting the beam, the crowd reacting, the sound of an arrow whistling by...so on and so forth. DUH! This is how sound for sports is done....for every sport. Sound engineers are amazing because they give you a real experience of the event through sound. Think about it. Watch a sporting event and focus on every sound that you hear being broadcast on your television, and then image what it would be like if you couldn't hear all of those sounds. If you couldn't hear the swishing of the oars through the water during the rowing events and the sound of the crowd cheering them on from the sidelines. The sound of a diver springing off of the diving board, the sound of him hitting the water, and the sound of the crowd cheering. Again, sound engineers are awesome! Ok, rant over.
The Queen's granddaughter and Princess Anne's daughter, Zara Phillips, competes on her horse, High Kingdom, during the dressage portion of the equestrian events.
Kate Middleton Sighting!!! watching Zara.
I am currently watching the women's white water kayaking. This is intense. I like kayaking, but I could never hope to survive in the water they are competing in. They have to swim through gates on the water. If they touch the gate, they get a 2 second time penalty. if they miss a gate, they get a 5 second time penalty. If they flip over in the course, they get a 50 SECOND PENALTY. I guess you really don't want to flip over. There are green gates that they go through normally, and then red gates that they have to circle and then go through going upstream
Now on to the swimming. Heats for the Women's 200m Individual Medley. American Leverenz who won the Olympic trials in this event has an awesome breaststroke.
Coming up, US women play the reigning champs Brazil in Volleyball. Actually, starts right now as of the time I am posting this, so WATCH, if you can.
Tennis is also live
Ok, that's all I've got for now. Be back later with more results.
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