an eventful night!
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sistermagpie and I had dinner at a pub and watched the Olympics over each other's shoulders. We vaguely watched the women's marathon (until that crazy ending!) and then vaguely watched the men's 1500m freestyle, and looked up at the 100m semis to see that Tyson Gay was out of it.
We got there earlyish, about 7:30, but as the evening went on (Magpie and I tend to have four-hour dinners; it's just our way) the pub filled up, and when Dara Torres came out for her 50m most of the tvs were tuned to the Olympics, and the crowd was cheering for her hard core. It's always fun to hear guys in a bar cheering hard core for a female athlete, but wow, Dara really won the hearts of the guys around us.
By the 100m IM relay, they'd turned off the music and turned on the sound from the games, and everyone was screaming and shouting for the US team, especially Dara at the end. And I'll say here: I think the big rivalry of the US and Australia is really good for the sport. It's no fun for one country to really dominate, and in every event I always think, where's the Australian swimmer? Look out for them! So congrats to the Australian ladies.
I can honestly say, the cheering for the men was about the same as the ladies, at least in our bar. It's really fun to watch something like that with a whole bunch of other people! At the end a guy in the back shouted, "United STATES!" which I have to say, is not often shouted.
I left then, so I didn't see the 100m sprint final until this morning, but I'm adding Walter Dix to my list of awesome Olympians, not only for his own effort and general attitude (and hair) but also his comment on the winner: "The guy can run."
sistermagpie and I had dinner at a pub and watched the Olympics over each other's shoulders. We vaguely watched the women's marathon (until that crazy ending!) and then vaguely watched the men's 1500m freestyle, and looked up at the 100m semis to see that Tyson Gay was out of it.We got there earlyish, about 7:30, but as the evening went on (Magpie and I tend to have four-hour dinners; it's just our way) the pub filled up, and when Dara Torres came out for her 50m most of the tvs were tuned to the Olympics, and the crowd was cheering for her hard core. It's always fun to hear guys in a bar cheering hard core for a female athlete, but wow, Dara really won the hearts of the guys around us.
By the 100m IM relay, they'd turned off the music and turned on the sound from the games, and everyone was screaming and shouting for the US team, especially Dara at the end. And I'll say here: I think the big rivalry of the US and Australia is really good for the sport. It's no fun for one country to really dominate, and in every event I always think, where's the Australian swimmer? Look out for them! So congrats to the Australian ladies.
I can honestly say, the cheering for the men was about the same as the ladies, at least in our bar. It's really fun to watch something like that with a whole bunch of other people! At the end a guy in the back shouted, "United STATES!" which I have to say, is not often shouted.
I left then, so I didn't see the 100m sprint final until this morning, but I'm adding Walter Dix to my list of awesome Olympians, not only for his own effort and general attitude (and hair) but also his comment on the winner: "The guy can run."
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Date: 2008-08-18 12:18 am (UTC)I whole heartedly concur! He was was pretty nifty!
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Date: 2008-08-18 02:15 am (UTC)LOL! That was the funniest thing about it, that once they finally turned the other TV to the Olympics too we could both look ahead and watch it.
Magpie and I tend to have four-hour dinners; it's just our way
It's true. It is our way.