- Tennis provides a number of shockers. Djokovic? Gone. Williams Sisters? The three-time defending doubles champions are done (and now one has to question exactly WHAT virus Venus has - not questioning she does, but does she have...).
- Tour of Champions Cha-Ching Update: Women's Gymnastics qualifications were on day two, and the US gymnastics "Dream Team" cleaned up. Leading the team competition by SEVEN FULL POINTS (not seven-hundreths or seven-tenths -- SEVEN FULL POINTS). Finished 1-2-3 in the all-around qualifying, the third being 1.4 points ahead of fourth. Bad news for Gabby Douglas: Only two per nation can go to the final phase of any individual gymnastics event -- and that was invoked numerous times on the USA. USA leading in all four individual disciplines, with multiple medals possibly in three. They're laughing all the way to the bank.
- Three more world records in the pool last night, and the American Katy Ledecky had the third. And that wasn't even her specialty event!
- National Dick-Waving Contest (AKA the medal table): Two golds in the pool (Ledecky's world record and Phelps' 19th in a relay -- yes, his NINETEENTH GOLD MEDAL (the old all-sport OIympic record was somewhere between 10 and 12) give the USA 3 for the Games, tying them with China and Australia for the top in Olympic championships. USA also leads the total medals race with 12, China second with 8.
(And yes, you can take that with as many quotation marks as you want.)
- The continuing utter collapse of the Brazilian men's soccer program is on world display. They followed up one listless scoreless draw -- with ANOTHER listless scoreless draw with Iraq!!! (To give perspective, you'd have gotten almost 7-1 in Vegas on just the draw. For the record, most of the action in Vegas is either basketball or soccer -- and once heats start in a race event (even if the finals are on another day), unless I can find an in-progress wagering place like William Hill which does different, it's dead to get in on. So no getting in on Peaty or Ledecky and their world records.) Deadspin reports one Brazilian finally had enough and achieved "Idiot on the Field" status.
- Juan Martin del Porto had an interesting day. Gets stuck in elevator before match. Upsets Djokovic with the match.
- We would like to welcome Kosovo to the medal table, as Majlinda Kelmendi won the 52-kg judo event. Not without some controversy, though, as Serbia and other countries have threatened to boycott medal ceremonies they would otherwise share with the breakaway state. (Inside the Games)
- Rather light day for bullshit otherwise, as even Inside the Games was able to concentrate more on the Games themselves rather than what has been surrounding them! During the swimming, one blogger from the site had a friend tell him (and I think it was about Phelps in the relay): "He's drafting like a motherfucker."
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