Well, the U.S. women's gymnast team won gold as did the men's relay swim team! Heck yes! The gymnasts were brilliant tonight - did you see that perfect vault from Mckayla Maroney?! Holy crap - and yet the judges somehow found something to complain about, as per usual. And, of course, Michael Phelps was big in the news. Yes, he came in second in his first race, but still. That's 18 Olympic medals. And the guy who beat him (South Africa's Chad le Clos) looked so utterly ecstatic at having beaten his idol you really can't begrudge him the medal. He won, fair and square. Good for him. But Phelps still got his gold in the 200m relay, along with Lochte, who truly redeemed himself tonight.
As proud as I was of these awesome Americans, I gotta say, I felt so bad for the Russian gymnasts, particularly over one floor routine (if you watched then you know which one - talk about cringe worthy). I hate to see people screw up like that. It was like watching the U.S. men's gymnast team, only that one was worse because national pride was involved.
All in all, great Olympics so far! I'm enjoying spending the majority of my days on the couch.
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