One must congradulate the Chineses women's gymnastics team for an impressive gold medal-winning performance tonight in Beijing, lead by their captain Cheng Fei (pictured here).
Our American girls came in second and won a team silver medal thanks to the likes of Nastia Liukin (pictured, taken by Grace Chiu) and Shawn Johnson though expectations were higher. Some mishaps on the floor and beam cost the team dearly. One has to feel for the team's most experienced gymnast Alicia Sacramone who had a very disappointing night.
Romania, the 2004 Olympics Champs, came in third ahead of their long-time rival Russia.
I think the main disadvantage that the American girls faced was the fact that the games were in China. Much as Atlanta helped us in 1996, the home gym seemed to really assist the Chinese team this time around.
In other Olympics news, Elnur Mammaldi won the first gold medal for the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan on Tuesday (I visited the country last month) in men's judo (73-kg division). It took him 13 seconds to defeat his opponent Wang Kichum of South Korea.
I was hoping to download a photo of Mammaldi because he bears an uncanny resemblance to Adam Sandler!
Let's try it again.........
Hey, it worked!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice
(Great Olympic coverage here)
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I agree, BUT, please......lipsync, fake fireworks....what's next....fool's gold?
That photo of the two judo combatants seems slightly suggestive. Apologies for the excessive alliteration!
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