The 50 meter gold medal was the first ever for Brazil. Cesar is way happy, and I am way happy for him.

Call me a sissy, I can take it. What an expression of emotion and a release from so much work. Four years was finished in less than 22 seconds. If time was a measurement of value in swimming, everybody would swim the mile – 1500. Not Cesar.

He’s the fastest man in the water.

Congrats to Cesar and to Brazil. Brazilians have something else to be proud of besides soccer.

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Originally posted 2008-08-16 14:02:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Liu Xiang

In just a couple of days, one of 1.3 billion people will light the fire to ignite the Beijing Olympic Games. Liu Xiang, the world record holder in the 110 meters hurdle and China’s first track and field gold medalist is high on the list of candidates. Problem is, Liu Xiang is still an active athlete and under extreme (is there a more intense word? If so, insert here and put x10 behind it) pressure to produce another gold medal for the home team. So…he might be home warming up, stretching or otherwise getting ready to win his event by 1/100th of a second or more if he can.

Other candidates include a victim of the recent earthquake. Yao Ming is a candidate. BOCOG can save money by making a shorter torch. And Yao could probably reach the cauldron without leaving the basketball arena.

Athletes have lit the fire in the past. Here’s a list -

Berlin 1936 – Fritz Schilgen – Athletics
London 1948 – John Mark – Athletics
Helsinki 1952 – Hannes Kolehmainen – Athletics
Melbourne 1956 – Ron Clarke – Athletics
Rome 1960 – Giancarlo Peris – Athletics
Tokyo 1964 – Yoshinori Sakaï – Schoolchild
Mexico City 1968 – Norma Enriqueta Basilio de Sotelo – Athletics
Munich 1972 – Günter Zahn – Athletics (junior)
Montreal 1976 РSandra Henderson and St̩phane Pr̩fontaine РAthletics (juniors)
Moscow 1980 – Sergei Belov – Basketball
Los Angeles 1984 – Rafer Johnson – Athletics
Seoul 1988 – Chung Sun-Man, Kim Won-Tak, Sohn Mi-Chung – Athletics
Barcelona 1992 – Antonio Rebollo – Archery
Atlanta 1996 – Muhammad Ali – Boxing
Sydney 2000 – Cathy Freeman – Athletics
Athens 2004 – Nikolaos Kaklamanakis – Sailing

Not sure who it will be, but my guess, it’ll be an athlete of some sort. Or maybe a panda.

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Originally posted 2008-08-06 13:11:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Kings Of Tennis

Got your attention? I must have, you’re here reading!

If you’re a tennis fan, then this post is for you. The Kings of Tennis Tournament is on:

Europe vs America, played in Asia!

It’s the first year/time the tournament takes place, where 8 Legendary World Number Ones of tennis will battle it out against each other in a prestigious team event between America and Europe.

The objective of the tournament is simple- to be the first, more celebrated and best team event for the world number ones of tennis.

Be apart of the excitement! You can indulge in your passion for tennis then go hit the famous beaches of Penang after for some fun in the sun.

Tournament takes place : 14th to 16th November 2008

Venue: Penang Island, Malaysia

Originally posted 2008-10-19 09:41:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The thrill of victory!

I don’t particularly care for games where someone loses and someone wins. I like the endurance races where someone might go faster or longer, but everyone wins for just having participated. The losers are those who didn’t even try.

Singapore’s female table tennis team Li Jia Wei and Wang Yue won their semifinal match and are now ensured of at least a silver medal. The mighty Chinese team stands in the way of a Gold.

The last time anybody from the 4.6 million populated Singapore wone a medal was a silver in men’s weightlifting in 1960.

South Korea has an opportunity for a bronze against Hong Kong or China, depending on the outcome of that semifinal match.

“We will get a silver at least. I’m extremely satisfied and give my team a full mark,” said the Singaporean coach.

“We will try our best to play China in the final though they are much stronger than us. To win or to lose, we are successful because my team is the best besides China.”

I recommend he tell his girls about bumblebees, not their opponent.

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Originally posted 2008-08-15 08:51:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Liu Chunhong lifted three world records. How cool is that?

The, um, cute little Chinese girl set the records in the 69kg (152lb) weight class.

She snatched 128kg (281lb) and clean and jerked 158kg (347lbs).

She could snatch me over her head and jerk me, my wife and little girl over her head. Amazing!

And, her coach could lift her.

I love it when I see people try hard…love to see them succeed … love to see the joy that overwhelms them when they do.

I just concentrated on my own performance,” Liu said.

And, it was enough.

Congratulations, Liu and Coach!

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Originally posted 2008-08-14 11:20:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Beach Volley Jugs

Yeah, and who said Chinese girls don’t have, um, aren’t endowed with some beach volleyballs? This girl deserves her own post.

This pretty little girl has anything but, well, little volleyballs under her bikini top

A cheerleader for beach volleyball, I’d be serious money that people will not be watching the match when she is on the side line jumping, bouncing, rolling and trying to get the spirits, among other things, of the fans up.

Honestly, I thought what fun could it be to watch beach volleyball? Boy was I wrong.

What do you look at when you go to the beach?

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Originally posted 2008-08-08 14:03:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

When Michael is not in the pool five hours a day or taking five hours a day to consume 10,000 calories so he can go back to the pool, he has to spend his time with some one. Or some ones. Or, does he?

There are two girls that are rumored to be Phelps’ only distraction from winning gold medals.

One is Amanda Beard. Amanda Beard is an Olympian and a swimmer, too.

The other is Lily Donaldson, ranked as one of the top 8 models in the fashion world. Donaldson is the new face that took over from Kate Moss.

No matter, neither one of them has distracted Phelps from his quest to win 8 gold medals. Just one more.

Who do you think is a good match for Phelps?

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Originally posted 2008-08-16 14:18:45. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

1. The ceremony begins at 8:00pm Beijing time on 08/08/08.

2. West end star Sarah Brightman will perform.

Sarah Brightman

3. China’s most versatile singer, Liu Huan, will perform.

4. It won’t rain…at least, not heavily.

5. The gala will last 3.5 hours.

6. The lyrics of the theme song were written and composed by Chinese artists.

7. There will be a one hour “main” performance, divided into two parts.

8. There will be a Chinese scroll painting at one point.

9. About 15,000 performers will join in.

10. International audience of over 4 billion is expected.

11. Parade, speeches, oath-taking as usual

12. pigeons and Olympic flame lighting as usual

13. 30,000 “shells” will be shot into the sky above Olympic green. “Duck!”

14. Countries will enter in order of the number of strokes it takes to write their countries’ name in Chinese hanzi.

15. Guinea, with just two strokes needed, is first behind traditional Greece.

16. A few advertisers are going to spend enough money to buy a professional sports team for a 30 second spot on TV.

Will you be watching?

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Originally posted 2008-08-07 08:05:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Michael Phelps,  the Olympic gold medal swimming champion,  was involved in a traffic accident in Baltimore, Maryland, on Thursday night, but was uninjured, according to the police. The police say that Michael Phelps’ black Cadillac Escalade rammed into another vehicle at a junction at about 9 p.m. The female driver of the second vehicle was taken to a local hospital as a preventative measure.

The two other passengers in Phelp’s car were also uninjured.  The authorities would determine whether alcohol was involved in the crash, as it is standard procedure for any crash. Phelps who has won eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, was suspended from organized competitive swimming earlier this year, after he was photographed holding a ‘bong’ in February.

Originally posted 2009-08-14 07:23:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

So, who’s that trailing him…Bernard the French guy? The rest of the world?

I am surprised there is anybody else in the cartoon. That would imply that somebody can get that close to Phelps in the water.

Great fun watching Phelps, no?

Well, I enjoyed it.

What part of the Olympic games are you enjoying?

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Originally posted 2008-08-18 10:37:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter