Friday, August 20, 2004
The New Mary Lou Retton...
Carly Patterson won the gold in the women's all-around gymnastics, making her the new Mary Lou Retton. It's been 20 years since the last American woman won the all-around...gold, that is!
Mary Lou Retton said:
"I have been waiting 20 years. The crown has been sitting and waiting for
the next all-around champion," she said. "Carly Patterson, it's yours."
Congrats to Carly!!
The graceful Svetlana Khorkina did not win the gold she had hoped for. However, she did secure a silver medal for Russia. Ah, she smiled...finally! I'm not surprised, after linking the article to her name, that she was bitter at the end. She truly worked hard for the gold. The commentors were showing clips of her performances at the previous Olympics and she fell and fell off of apparatuses (sp? for plural) because they were not adjusted right for her tall height and was crying.
I thought it was just me that had noticed but many people noticed Svetlana's extremely thin body frame. Definitely an eating disorder!
Michael Phelps won another gold medal (his 4th!) in the 200 meter individual medley. He's just doing fantastic!! He has 2 more events and then he's done. Ryan Lochte, a fellow American, won the silver medal.
Aaron Peirsol won the gold for the 200 meter backstroke. However, right after the race, a judge complained that Aaron made an illegal turn right at the start of the last 50 meter, therefore disqualifying Aaron the gold medal. However, there are rules to follow. The complaint must be in English and what the judge was complaining about was not the same complaint he had written. So, after the discussion among the judges, Aaron's gold is secured for the US! (The commentors reviewed his swim and could not find anything illegal about his performance.)
Other American Olympians have done well, such as Amanda Beard, the 2 American women teams for beach volleyball, Natalie Coughlin and others.
Rachella asked when does Track events start. It'll start this Saturday!
Moving on...
I finished reading Digital Fortress. Very interesting and I thought it was a good book. I tend to get lost when it comes to computer jargons and anything technical but Dan Brown has done superb and not let his readers get lost in those terminologies.
I was gonna mention something in the book but thought that I better not so that I won't ruin it for other readers. Sigh...
I'm now currently reading:
This book better impress me because of all the hype it has been getting!
As for Amish in the City....Reese, what a backstabber! Whitney's lax attitude towards helping out and cleaning up the house....oh no no no, we would've had drama already!
Well, well...if all goes well, weather-wise, KT and I will be joining our friends in Harper's Ferry and go white water rafting!! We are so looking forward to that. Need to have fun before we both start our graduate studies.
TGIF!! ta ta...
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Mary Lou Retton said:
"I have been waiting 20 years. The crown has been sitting and waiting for
the next all-around champion," she said. "Carly Patterson, it's yours."
Congrats to Carly!!
The graceful Svetlana Khorkina did not win the gold she had hoped for. However, she did secure a silver medal for Russia. Ah, she smiled...finally! I'm not surprised, after linking the article to her name, that she was bitter at the end. She truly worked hard for the gold. The commentors were showing clips of her performances at the previous Olympics and she fell and fell off of apparatuses (sp? for plural) because they were not adjusted right for her tall height and was crying.
I thought it was just me that had noticed but many people noticed Svetlana's extremely thin body frame. Definitely an eating disorder!
Michael Phelps won another gold medal (his 4th!) in the 200 meter individual medley. He's just doing fantastic!! He has 2 more events and then he's done. Ryan Lochte, a fellow American, won the silver medal.
Aaron Peirsol won the gold for the 200 meter backstroke. However, right after the race, a judge complained that Aaron made an illegal turn right at the start of the last 50 meter, therefore disqualifying Aaron the gold medal. However, there are rules to follow. The complaint must be in English and what the judge was complaining about was not the same complaint he had written. So, after the discussion among the judges, Aaron's gold is secured for the US! (The commentors reviewed his swim and could not find anything illegal about his performance.)
Other American Olympians have done well, such as Amanda Beard, the 2 American women teams for beach volleyball, Natalie Coughlin and others.
Rachella asked when does Track events start. It'll start this Saturday!
Moving on...
I finished reading Digital Fortress. Very interesting and I thought it was a good book. I tend to get lost when it comes to computer jargons and anything technical but Dan Brown has done superb and not let his readers get lost in those terminologies.
I was gonna mention something in the book but thought that I better not so that I won't ruin it for other readers. Sigh...
I'm now currently reading:
This book better impress me because of all the hype it has been getting!
As for Amish in the City....Reese, what a backstabber! Whitney's lax attitude towards helping out and cleaning up the house....oh no no no, we would've had drama already!
Well, well...if all goes well, weather-wise, KT and I will be joining our friends in Harper's Ferry and go white water rafting!! We are so looking forward to that. Need to have fun before we both start our graduate studies.
TGIF!! ta ta...
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