The kids and I have been watching as much of the Olympics as we can at my friend's house. We've also been watching recaps online too. Noelle and I are enthralled by the diving and gymnastics. To those of you who know my background in gymnastics, this should be no surprise :)
I was so happy for the men's US team to get bronze. Its too bad one of them didn't make the medal stand in the all-around but there are still the individual event finals. My favorite to watch has been Jonathan Horton.
I really get into the women's gymnastics! I find myself getting excited when they do really well and stick their landings. I feel bad when they falter or fall. Even with the controversy about the Chinese girls' ages, I think they are very impressive. My favorite for the all-around was Shawn Johnson but I'm happy for Nastia Liukin. I'm looking forward to watching the event finals.
On a side note:
Our town YMCA is finally putting together a gymnastics team and I'm excited for that, it always stunk living in a small town and having to travel for things like this. I'll be rooting for all the girls and boys who compete for our town. They will have their own facility permanently set up so they can focus all their time and energy on getting better and stronger. The old recreational gymnastics class always had to set up and tear down at every class, not to mention the gym wasn't big enough to set up all the equipment at once.
Its also been really great to watch Michael Phelps, WOW! I love that the men's 4x100m free US relay team ended up smashing the French. Did you see how many calories Michael consumes in a day? Wish I had a problem keeping weight on, lol. Breaking world records and winning gold, amazing!
Has anyone else been watching?
I was so happy for the men's US team to get bronze. Its too bad one of them didn't make the medal stand in the all-around but there are still the individual event finals. My favorite to watch has been Jonathan Horton.
I really get into the women's gymnastics! I find myself getting excited when they do really well and stick their landings. I feel bad when they falter or fall. Even with the controversy about the Chinese girls' ages, I think they are very impressive. My favorite for the all-around was Shawn Johnson but I'm happy for Nastia Liukin. I'm looking forward to watching the event finals.
On a side note:
Our town YMCA is finally putting together a gymnastics team and I'm excited for that, it always stunk living in a small town and having to travel for things like this. I'll be rooting for all the girls and boys who compete for our town. They will have their own facility permanently set up so they can focus all their time and energy on getting better and stronger. The old recreational gymnastics class always had to set up and tear down at every class, not to mention the gym wasn't big enough to set up all the equipment at once.
Its also been really great to watch Michael Phelps, WOW! I love that the men's 4x100m free US relay team ended up smashing the French. Did you see how many calories Michael consumes in a day? Wish I had a problem keeping weight on, lol. Breaking world records and winning gold, amazing!
Has anyone else been watching?
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