Apologies for not blogging about the most recent Olympic results particularly the one we care most about, i.e., the race for gold medals between China and the United States. I must admit to being discouraged after I discovered that my blog posts were being stolen. This sapped my enthusiasm to blog. But now that the problem is fixed [the webmaster behind the site agreed to not republish my contents after I contacted him/her and his/her host], let’s continue having fun.

At the end of Day Four of the competitions, China has 13 gold medals while the United States has seven. China appears to be on its way to bagging the number of medals that some crystal ball gazers predicted. In particular Luciano Barra predicted that China will win 38 gold medals while researchers at the Sheffield Hallam University predicted that the host nation will win 46 Olympic gold medals.

Meanwhile, Barra predicted that the United States will win 47 golds; so the Americans have to bag 40 more golds which they can very well do given that we’re still only on the fifth day of the Games. I’m not sure if the Sheffield Hallam folks made a prediction for how many medals U.S. athletes will bring home.

Anyways, as a sort of recap, here’s a listing of the gold medalist from both countries. I hoped to make individual entries for each of them but, as I said earlier, I was derailed by some baddies who, to their credit, responded favorably to my request.

Chinese Gold Medalists [end of day four]
Weightlifting
LONG Qingquan – Men’s 56kg
ZHANG Xiangxiang – Men’s 62kg
LIAO Hui – Men’s 69kg
CHEN Xiexia – Women’s 48kg
CHEN Yanqing – Women’s 58kg

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And now, dear readers here is Hungary’s Olympic uniform. It’s received much criticism from some circles and maybe its the reason why a lot of you are googling for it. Since I don’t know anything about fashion at all, let me just say that the ladies’ uniform kinda reminds me of that movie starring Glenn Close and a lot of dogs, i.e., 101 Dalmatians.

Photo credit: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images

Gold medal winner Stephanie Rice and Australia’s gold medal bet Eamon Sullivan are Australia’s version of Posh and David Beckham. But they reportedly split up before the Games began.

But did they really split up? Nah! They’re still together according to Rice’s grandpa. So maybe this splitting up thing is just a gimmick then?

Anyways, we hope Eamon wins himself his gold medal so they’ll be even if they are indeed still a couple.

Related:
Olympic Results: Stephanie Rice Bags Australia’s First Gold Medal

Photo source: chinadaily

Here’s the delegation from Canada.

I must say that their Olympic uniform is an improvement from the much criticized outfits they released a few months ago.

Related:
Canada’s Olympic Pajamas, Part II
Canada’s Pajama Looking Olympic Outfit

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Some of you are googling for the Olympic uniforms worn by the athletes during the parade of nations so let’s start a series of entries looking at their uniforms.

Let’s start with Roger Federer because he’s my hero [hehe] and let’s hope that he can get out of his current slump and win himself a gold medal in Beijing. Go Raja!

I’m still looking for the Hungarian Olympic uniforms which a lot of you have been googling.

Related:
Beijing 2008: Australia’s Olympic Uniform
Canada’s Olympic Pajamas, Part II
Canada’s Pajama Looking Olympic Outfit
Olympics Fashion: New Zealand Unveils Uniform

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