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Enough already! That's what I told myself on Thursday, while considering what to blog next. However, I felt like jumping off the diving platform without hitting the water by doing so. Thank goodness! BBC online news yesterday reported that Zimbabwe President Mugabe rewarded Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry US$ 100,000.00 for a job well-done at the Beijing Olympics. "Kidding me!" I said to myself as my jaw dropped. Here's a country, which has a widespread shortage of food and fuel, i... Read More
Yesterday, the first paragraph of the Los Angeles Times headline reads: The International olympics Committee(IOC) asked the International Gymnastics Federation (IGF) to reexamine whether gold-medal-winning gymnasts He Kexin and two of her teammates were too young to compete in the Beijing Games. Certainly, this controversy will not just die without all stones unturned. I commend IOC for trying to protect the integrity of the olympics by acting to thoroughly investigate the issue. I... Read More
So, I was wrong. Still have not seen athletes fainting. Have not seen lots of masks, either. Well, the rain, natural or artificial, helped lower the air pollution. But, told you; there's lots of celebration and controversy at the Beijing Olympics. Hurrah for Michael Phelps. He's won his seventh gold in swimming, equaling the medal of fellow American swimmer, Mark Spitz. Let us wait later today if he could win gold in his last relay event. If he could, he'd be the most decorated Olympian.... Read More
Ryan, one medal hopeful for the Olympic marathon trained the hardest for the past 4 years, right after them olympics in Athens. His coach modified his diet, monitored his nightly life even his time with his wife. He even was not allowed to go to a smoking tolerant bar. When he and his coach left for Beijing last week, a TV reporter asked him if he was 100 percent ready to win a medal. He said, "With the complete training package I've done, I am very confident that I could win a medal." D... Read More
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