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August 15th, 2008 — Poland, Shot Put
Shot put may not be popular in Poland [is it popular anywhere?] but this didn’t stop Tomasz Majewski from becoming a shot putter. It paid off big time when he won the gold medal in Beijing. Time for our Polish friends to perhaps pay more attention to the sport but Tomasz isn’t optimistic.
The silver and bronze medals for this event went to Christian Cantwell of the United States and Andrei Mikhnevich of Belarus.
August 15th, 2008 — Athletics, Ethiopia
Aha, Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene of Ethiopia, is a flag draper (a variation of the Olympic “art” of flag waving). She set a new Olympic record in the women’s 10,000 meter run and bagged herself a gold medal. Congratulations to you, Tirunesh.
Expect more gold medals for Ethiopia in distance running because they tend to dominate the discipline.
August 15th, 2008 — Badminton, China
China’s answer to the U.S. victories in the Olympic swimming pool on Day 7 came from weightlifting, judo, and the badminton duo of Yu Yang and Du Jing who beat South Korea’s Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Kyung-won to pocket the gold, China’s 26th overall, in women’s badminton doubles.
So what’s the gold medal race like at the end of Day 7? It’s China with 26 golds and the U.S. with 14 golds.
August 15th, 2008 — China
Tong Wen sure deserves to be lifted by her coaches after winning the gold, China’s 25th, in women’s judo, 85 kg category.
Photo source: xinhua/beijing2008
August 15th, 2008 — China, Weight Lifting
Chinese athletes do rule weightlifting, no? They grabbed eight of the 11 gold medals awarded so far. Here’s China’s Lu Yong celebrating after winning gold medal number 24 for China. Lu tied with Andrei Rybakou of Belarus as both lifted 394 kilos but he was awarded the gold because he registered a lighter body weight during the weigh-in.
Armenia’s Tigran Varban Martirosyan won the bronze medal for this event (weightlifting, 85 kg category).
August 15th, 2008 — Uncategorized
I didn’t realize that accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers is also into Olympic “crystal ball gazing” but, apparently, it is. The firm foresees China emerging as the overall Olympic champion with one more medal than the United States: China (88) vs. U.S. (87)
It also predicted that Russia will drop to third place with 79 medals followed by Germany (43), Australia (41), Japan (34), France (30), Italy (29), Britain (28) and South Korea (27). More at Yahoo.
August 15th, 2008 — China, Weight Lifting
China’s gold medal count remained stuck at 22 for much of Day 7 but this has now gone up to 23 following the victory of Cao Lei in women’s weightlifting (75 kg category). She bested Alla Vazhenina of Kazakhstan who got the silver and Russian Nadezda Evstyukhina who settled for the bronze.
For those of you interested in the China vs. US race for gold medals, it currently stands at: China (23 golds) vs. U.S. (14 golds).
August 15th, 2008 — Canoeing, Slovakia
Slovak twins Peter and Pavol Hochschorner bag their third consecutive gold medal in the Canoe/Kayak Slalom Canoe Double. This is the second gold medal for Slovakia. Earlier, Martikan Michal ruled the men’s slalom canoe single to win Slovakia’s first gold.
If American athletes were contenders in this event, expect their “crybaby fans” encouraged by their media to moan and complain about how unfair it is that twins — who think alike, have better coordination, and who communicate via ESP — have an unfair advantage over their American idols. But maybe not, maybe they will only complain against Chinese girls.
August 15th, 2008 — South Korea, Weight Lifting
Here’s something I should have blogged about earlier but haven’t. Well, it’s better late than never. This dude, dear readers, is South Korean Sa Jae-hyouk who crashed China’s party in the weightlifting competitions when he won the gold medal in the 77 kilogram category. China’s Li Hongli and Armenia’s Gevorg Davtyan settled for the silver and bronze respectively.
Photo credit: gettyimages via beijing2008
August 15th, 2008 — Scandals and Controversies
Jon Stewart tackles the controversies surrounding the Beijing Olympics: the lipsynching during the opening ceremonies, the slit-eyed Spanish basketball team, and the reportedly underaged Chinese gymnasts.
I’m sure we all agree that Jon is a genius. We should give him a gold medal already.
