Probe ordered into Chinese gymnast's age | ReutersI'm not surprised to hear this news. Unfortunate if it proves true the gymnast was competing illegally. Today hasn't really been a good day at the Olympics with the doping scandal looming over the equestrian event added on to this IOC probe.I was disappointed with the women's softball team loosing to Japan, but Japan's been a great competitor for years. I'm more disappointed that the IOC has decided to remove softball from the games.I was happy to see the US women's soccer team defeated Brazil, 1-0. Sounds like it was a pretty hard...
EurekaI was bummed that my recording of last night's Eureka was scrambled so looks like I'll have to wait until next Tuesday to view the episode.OlympicsMen's 200m Final was a bit of a mess with the original 2nd (Martina) and 3rd (Spearmon) place finishers being disqualified (unfortunate, but rightly so) though there was no doubting Usain Bolt's victory. Like him or hate him there's no denying his ability.There's no denying the excellence of the Jamaican runners this Olympics.The Women's Gold Medal match for Soccer should be good: USA vs. Brazil. Always a competitive match-up.
Some comments under the cut to avoid spoiling those who don't know the results.SwimmingPhelps close win in the was an amazing race. I don't blame the Serbian team for protesting the results given how close it was between Phelps and Cavic. Cavic certainly has nothing to be ashamed of in that race.SoftballI was surprised at Team USA tearing up Japan's team in their 7-0 victory in 5 innings. Japan usually does better.SoccerThe US men's team is out, as I expected would happen. They never can seem to get it together for the big events.The US women's team continues to do...
Wow it's been a while since I've posted here. I didn't realize I've been posting so little here as compared to Gray3's Thirdsphere. I should really put some of my Olympic games commentary over here instead, but even they've few in number.Anyway, I hope everyone on my friends list is well. I'll try to get back to regular posting here, especially as I am way behind on my episode reviews, as well as catching up on everyone's LJs.ETA: Wow, this is what I get for not checking in for a while. 3 comms gone along with 3 people gone from...
