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Re: London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics

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The wait is over! We have a GOLD  Britain are off the mark for 2012, and we have seen a bit more history too because Heather Stanning and Helen Glover are Britain's first women rowers to win gold.

Well done Heather & Helen

Congrats to Bradley Wiggins just added another GOLD & Chris Froome the Bronze.

Go Team GB

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BRAVO Wiggins!!! Well done!! And Froome proved his worth. Sorry Taylor didn't get a medal, esp. for his father. And I felt bad for Fabio. He was in so much pain. sad  Also three cheers to Kristin Armstrong for her gold for the USA!! She came out of retirement at 38, for this!! 
Yesterday was a great day for Maryland swimmers!! Michael Phelps and his "student",  A Schmitt, for their golds smile   Cathy

I forgot to mention my pleasure at seeing teams DQ'd in Badmiton for trying to throw their matches!!

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Re: London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics

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The wait is over! We have a GOLD  Britain are off the mark for 2012, and we have seen a bit more history too because Heather Stanning and Helen Glover are Britain's first women rowers to win gold.

Well done Heather & Helen

Congrats to Bradley Wiggins just added another GOLD & Chris Froome the Bronze.

Go Team GB

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Oh boy, that team sprint cycling race last night was a-mazing.  Congratulations to gold medal winners Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny and particularly to the young Philip Hindes who delivered a blistering first lap for the team.  How they can sustain that level of pace is remarkable, but looking at the size of the quads on these cyclists you can see where all the power comes from. 

What I love about the Olympics is that you end up watching sports you wouldn't normally do.  I'm really enjoying basketball and can even bear to watch the boxing.  Track and field starts today in the Olympic Stadium.  I'm hooked.

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I am enjoying the basketball as well, but the real humiliation was giving Nigeria that many points. It happens when you play zone trying not to run up the score. Coach K handle it nicely.
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Pixs of the day - 6 - from a Team GB point of view > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19099774

edit: OMG!!!  Team GB have climbed up to 3rd in the medal table.  GO TEAM GB,  GO TEAM GB!!

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Athletics started today at The Olympics, and a Quarter of a Million people at The Olympic Park
GB have now unbelievably crept up to 3rd on the overall medal table gaining more Golds in Cycling & Rowing
unreal to think of a nation the size of California ahead of Germany Australia Korea Canada Brazil
USA and China are battling it out way in front ..... USA are just collecting medals for fun in Swimming

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I particularly enjoy seeing more obscure athletic countries gaining success out of nowhere. Yesterday's RSA win in rowing was a total surprise but the real shocker was Mexico's lady archers taking Silver and Bronze in individual competition which has been dominated by Asian nations for years. The gold-silver came down to a sudden death shootout one arrow at a time in difficult gusty conditions.
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I love this, what do you guys think ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq4j9BlSxzw

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We are extremely proud of Gabby Douglas here in Iowa. We consider her one of our own.
Chow's gym that she trains in is approximately 20 mins from me.  I imagine Chow's gym will
be come the training mecca.....Shawn Johnson & Gabby Douglas aka  USA Gold!
I went to see Shawn Johnson when she returned to Iowa after the Olympics and
I imagine if I can, I will go see Gabby come back. Thrilling experience!

Many congratulations to all the participants of the 2012 Olympics! smile

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pattyluvsjoe wrote:

We are extremely proud of Gabby Douglas here in Iowa. We consider her one of our own.
Chow's gym that she trains in is approximately 20 mins from me.  I imagine Chow's gym will
be come the training mecca.....Shawn Johnson & Gabby Douglas aka  USA Gold!
I went to see Shawn Johnson when she returned to Iowa after the Olympics and
I imagine if I can, I will go see Gabby come back. Thrilling experience!

Many congratulations to all the participants of the 2012 Olympics! smile

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Patty, in the midst of the most ridiculously over-scripted, over-produced, over-biased at many times (=ho hum to me, just report) Olympics since 1984, Gabby Douglas will be THE SHINING STAR remembered forever.  What a truly lovely, very remarkable girl!!!  I hope, make that am sure, that Des Moines can celebrate her with great pride.  The local level deserves that the most.  And it is not a matter of nationalism as much a matter of the heart.  If anyone can look at Gabby the total person and not believe in SOMETHING GOOD, something is wrong...with...them.

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A great game of Tennis yesterday ....

Source: BBC Sport

Andy Murray beats world number two Novak Djokovic to reach the Olympic tennis final.
The Brit was in fine form as he knocked out the Serbian in straight sets, 7-5 7-5 in front of a partisan Wimbledon crowd.
It means Murray will be back on Centre Court to play his second final in four weeks against Roger Federer following the Briton's Wimbledon final defeat, but this time it will be for the Olympic gold medal.

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I think Andy might have the edge this time ..... here's hoping!

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One more for the Gabby Douglas fan club here! And how about surprise package Katie Ledecky?? Nobody expected her, that's what makes some Olympic results such fun! cool

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Iowa's (Des Moines) next to watch is Lolo Jones on the track!


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PsPs   Just heard them talking on Today show about the London cabbies......got my eyes out in case our Pete is shown.

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Iowa's (Des Moines) next to watch is Lolo Jones on the track!


                                plj


P.S.  Thought it was so clever that someone scrambled Gabby's last name and found
        it spelled out USA Gold

        Douglas  =  USA Gold   wink

        Is that an anagram?  smile   plj

PsPs   Just heard them talking on Today show about the London cabbies......got my eyes out in case our Pete is shown.

Hi Patty, i heard from a mutual friend here - Pete was giving London a miss while the Olympics were on.  It's being reported, London is looking like a ghost town at the moment - due in part, being told of a possible transport melt down - shouldn't have worried - The transport network is coping well.

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The transport network is coping well.

I can vouch for that, - it is fine, -we came out of Wembley along with over 70,000 others this week and came across London on tube and it was fine, - actually a very friendly party atmosphere on the tubes with people talking about the different events that they had been at.

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One more for the Gabby Douglas fan club here! And how about surprise package Katie Ledecky?? Nobody expected her, that's what makes some Olympic results such fun! cool

My family has been really enjoying the olympics and we were so inspired after watching the US gymnastics that we all went out in the backyard and tried to do handstands and cartwheels! Thankfully the neighbors weren't watching, and of course the next day we all woke up with sore muscles smile.  I guess we need to get in better shape.

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Oscar Pistorius. Wow! Mega, mega respect for the truly awe-inspiring 'Blade Runner'.

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