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Sunday in Beijing (Saturday night for us here in the U.S.) was a big, big
day at the Olympics Games! If you went to sleep early to prepare for
today’s match and missed the action be sure to check out all the news!
There were some absolutely Great Sports Moments!
In
brief:
41-year-old American swimmer Dara Torres grabbed two silver medals, one in
the 50-free, and the other swimming the anchor leg in the 400-meter medley
relay.
38-year old Romanian marathoner Constantina Tomescu took the gold in the
women’s marathon. Maybe not in record time, but all that Colorado training
(I’m a bit biased here) kept her well out in front of the literal sprint to
the finish that followed for the silver and bronze.
America’s sweethearts and women’s beach volleyball favorites Misty May-Treanor
and Kerri Walsh’s 106th straight win secured them a spot in the
semi-finals.
Jamaica’s
Usain Bolt proved he’s the world’s fastest man by literally running away
from the field in a world record 9.69 second 100-meter final.
And what can you say about this guy? American swimming phenomenon Michael
Phelps did what he set out to do. After his unprecedented eighth trip to
the gold medal stand Phelps told NBC’s Bob Costas he had what was probably
the “best week of my life.”
In
event final number eight of eight events entered, Phelps swam the butterfly
leg of the 400-meter medley relay and helped the team of Aaron Peirsol,
Brendan Hansen, Phelps, and anchor Jason Lezak set yet another world record
along the way.
In
tennis news Rafael Nadal took the gold over Chile’s Fernando Gonzales.
Roger Federer was beaten by American James Blake early on in singles, but
Federer and partner Stanislas Wawrinka won gold in men’s doubles for
Switzerland.
On
the ladies side, Russian Elena Dementieva took the gold over country woman
Dinara Safina. The Williams sisters won gold for the U.S. over the Spanish
team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual.
For full stories visit
www.nbcolympics.com.
(and I’d really recommend those full stories if you missed any of the
action!) check out
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