The 2008 Olympics started out in such a great way. Watching the swimming was awesome and I think we (Team USA) dominated in the pool. Next came the gymnastics. Now I do not think a sport can be decided by a judgement call, so therefore I do not like the Olympics. Yes, they are great athletes that have a gift, I just think the scoring of it is flawed, same with diving.
And do not get me started on ping pong, badminton and rhythmic gymnastics. I mean please, these are not Olympic caliber events. Neither is Equestrian, trampoline, or even BMX, although it was very cool to watch! One event I wish I had seen live was the OWS 10k. OWS stands for Open Water Swim. these athletes swam 6.2 miles in a river for medals. That takes a lot of endurance and ability, and I was impressed.
But I always looked forward to the Track and Field portion of the Olympics, mostly because that is where we kick butt. We normally kicked butt I should say. It seems like someone forgot to tell the world that the USA usually wins a lot of the Track and field events we enter. I also think Team USA thought we were guarantees to medal.
Now Usain Bolt was crazy, wicked fast, so we might not have beat him, but there were a lot of events we (Team USA) should have won. The relays... are hard to win when you do not have a team entered because they dropped the baton! It just seemed to me that every American front runner did not do as well as expected.
The Track and Field team reminded me the the "Dream Team 2" of 4 years ago. They seemed to thought that the games were something that hey had to play but that they should go ahead and be given the medal. well the world did not agree and embarrassed them. Maybe in the next Olympics, the Track and Field team will comeback more focused and take our place on top of the podium.
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