Men's Relay (Swimming)

I am just so excited. There was some fun at the Water Cube just moments ago.

In the Men's 4x100 meter Freestyle Relay the United States beat out the French team by eight one hundredths of a second. They posted a new Worlds Record, too. It was a Gold Medal run.

The excitement comes from the French saying that they were going to Smash the Americans. The French were in the lead until the very last eight one hundredths of a second of the race. When first place went up as USA the French team was more than stunned. The looks on their faces was priceless.

One of the announcers just kept saying things like - There is no way the US team can catch them, or it's too bad the US won't win gold because they're swimming well. I kept telling him (ya think he heard me??) to Think Positive! Sheesh, the US could win - watch!!

I was standing up hollering - GO!! Faster!! GO!! You can do it, go go gogogogogogogogo!

Whooooo Hoooo!!!
Have I mentioned how much I enjoy the Olympics?

Opening Ceremony

I finished watching the Opening Ceremony last night. Boy do I love my DVR. I was able to forward through all of the commercials & pause it and stop it and rewind.

I loved the ceremony. I loved the drummers in the beginning. I had to laugh when the commentator said that the drummers were told to look less scary looking, so they tried to smile more. The funny thing to me was all of the dark hair. I guess I am so used to the United States - black, red, white, grey, brown and blonde hair all together.

My absolute favorite part of the ceremony was the boxes. I watched that one twice. I was shocked when it was revealed that there was a person under each box. I heard today that those people worked 8 hours a day on the routine and as they got closer to the Opening Ceremony, their hours were extended.

I watched the routine the first time thinking that it had to be computer controlled and then at some point, I thought I saw feet. I was in awe.


These little lit up green guys were a hoot. Just a few days before the Opening Ceremony these outfits were black, but the overall vision was not working with everyone in black, so they were changed to green. In three days 2008 new outfits were constructed. Oh dear.

It took me two days to watch the ceremony. It was totally worth it.

I love the Olympics.

Have a great day!
Kristin