I LOVE the Olympics!I haven't been able to watch as much of it as I would like as I have had band camp this week. However with the modern advancement of the DVR, we are able to sit down at night and watch a good 4 - 6 hours of Olympic events in about an hour or 2. Anyway, my very favorite to watch...Michael Phelps (and all swimming) and gymnastics.
So, Phelps = Superman. He has been amazing and exciting to watch. I mean one day he beats the world record by like 5 seconds and leaves everyone in his 'wave' and then last night he wins by only one-one hundredth of a second. He's just keeping us entertained.
The women's gymnastics was also interesting. Nastia and Shawn did so well and really should have had higher scores...but I was not asked to judge Olympic gymnastics this year, so we'll take what we get.
And I also love the Olympics because of the 'weird' events that you think should not really be an event. This morning we are watching some "Race Walking". What? This is technically a race to see who can WALK the fastest. That's crazy. Just run! We've watched some "Table Tennis" (Ping-Pong) and I can't wait to watch some of this so called "Pentathlon". This "sport" involves the 'athlete' completing 5 events: pistol shooting, swimming (200M freestyle), and equestrian jumping -all against the clock, fencing (fence each other for points), and then their standing after the first 4 determines their starting position for a 3K cross country run. "What the world!" Where else could you see such a spectacle.
All that said, I LOVE the Olympics!
