More and More Miscellaneous Olympic Musings

Some quick Olympic observations:

During the men's volleyball match between the United States and Tunisia (which the U.S. won), an American spike caused the ball to hit the Tunisian player wearing the number 7.  Note to our guys:  This is volleyball, not bowling - what were you trying to do, hit the seven pin?

Kirani James of Grenada won his country's first gold medal ever, in the men's 400-meter track race.  There were no Americans in the final race.  And yet . . . NBC aired it!  As for James, many of his countrymen were in London to witness this historic event.  It seemed like all of the people of Grenada were there, and they probably were.  Grenada is roughly the size of Essex County, New Jersey, with about one-seventh as many people.

The women's soccer teams of U.S. and Canada played each other for the chance to meet Japan for the gold medal.  They kept scoring against each other and were tied three apiece until Alex Morgan broke the tie for the U.S. in stoppage time, winning the game for the Americans 4-3.  I'm sure it was an exciting game, but come on - 4-3? That's way too much scoring for a soccer game! :-D

In women's boxing, Katie Taylor defeated British boxer Natasha Jonas in the 60-kilogram lightweight class and so advances to the semifinals to aim for a medal.  Katie Taylor represents . . . Ireland.  Finally! My paternal ancestral land has a medal contender!  And she became one by defeating a Brit! :-D On British soil!   Classic! I'm using way too many exclamation points!  Now, before the British pull a Michelle Smith on Taylor and accuse her of cheating, I'd like to offer the following rejoinder in advance: Oh, I'm sorry . . . she's Irish . . . it's not her fault - she didn't know she was supposed to suck! 

:-p

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