Forget that dandy elf Legolas of the Lord of the Rings, when it comes to archery these ladies [Park Sung-hyun, Yun Ok-hee and Joo Hyun-jung] are the real thing. Their precision in the archery range won them South Korea’s third gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games. They beat the host team so maybe them American “bring their own baon/bread” athletes should thank these girls because if they didn’t win China will have seven gold medals by now.

Expect the Koreans to win more golds in the archery range.

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At 5′1″, weightlifter Long Qingquan may be short but he is, no doubt about it, very strong. I’m sure he is stronger than you. Can you lift 162 kilograms? Can you? Can you? Nah. Just as I thought.

It is also likely that this kid is younger than you; he’s only 17 years old, in case you are wondering. That means he can still improve not only in the weightlifting department but in the height department as well.

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Judoka Xian Dongmei wins the fifth gold for China. It seems like Chinese athletes are not buckling under the tremendous hometown pressure. Good for them. I hope my favorite, Liu Xiang, will pass the test as well.

Meanwhile, it’s still all quiet on the western front. They have two gold medals so far after two days of Olympic competition. Should the Americans start worrying now? Well, it’s too early to tell.

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There’s really no stopping the Chinese in Olympic diving, no? As expected, the synchronized diving team of Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia won China’s first Olympic medal for the sport. Expect Chinese divers to win more golds after this.

Our tally for the China vs. United States gold medal race so far: China = four vs. United States = two. [Note: The photo below is a file photo and is not from the Beijing Olympics.]
Photo credit: Al Bello via CBC and sportsphoto via beijing2008.

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Pretty maids all in a row. Here’s the Dutch swimming quartet who won the first gold medal for the Netherlands: Inge Dekker, Ranomi Kromowidjojo, Femke Heemskerk and Marleen Veldhuis.

I must say congratulations to the four of you even though you beat the team led by this blog’s most googled athlete, i.e., Dara Torres of the United States. Go Netherlands! Go Dara!

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China’s Guo Wenjun ruled supreme in the women’s 10m air pistol making her the third Chinese athlete to win a gold medal. The score so far in the US vs. China race for gold medals is China: three golds vs. US: two golds.

But this is only the second day of the competition and there’s a long way to go for both teams.

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Wow. The Czech Republic is off to a really good start in Beijing, eh? It now has a second gold medal courtesy of David Kostelecky in men’s trap shooting. The silver medal went to Pellielo Giovanni of Italy while Alipov Alexey bagged the bronze for the Russian Federation.

David Kostelecky sort of came from out of the blue as you won’t find anything substantial about him in teh internets. Time to make an entry on this guy, you wikipedia editors.

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Congratulations, you earring-wearing swimmer. That was teh awesome. It seems that, as predicted, the girl swimmers of Australia will do better than the boy swimmers. The evidence so far: Stephanie Rice = teh awesome; Grant Hackett = a dud dude in the 400 meters. But to be fair to Grant, his event really is the 1,500 meters where he is the defending champion.

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Let’s add the name of swimmer Park Taehwan to South Korea’s list of Olympic heroes. He just won a gold in the 400 meter freestyle. He joins fellow countryman, Choi Minho, who earlier won a gold medal in judo.

Btw, all these hand actions by our Olympic champions remind me of the nursery rhyme that goes: I have two hands, the left and the right. Hold them up high…..

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Michael Phelps wins his first gold medal and adds a second gold medal for the United States. This victory should W as happy as when he was out looking at ladies’ butts.

No gold medal response yet from the Chinese “we are the center of the universe” team as of this posting so the rivals both have two golds at this point.

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