Wednesday, 13 August 2008

Olympic blog - day 3

Day 3 was actually spent at the swimming pool - that is to say, me personally, not watching the Olympic swimming on TV. My running bombs, although unappreciated by the lifeguards, put the Chinese Olympians to shame - no way could a wafer-thin 13 year old Chinese girl outdo me in this event, I don't care how many gold medals she's got. And move over Michael Phelps (known in Chinese as 'fei pu er si'), my doggy paddle is being perfected in time for London. My 'splashing other people', somehow still not an Olympic event, despite the inherent skill required, not to mention comedy value, was also a high points scorer (although again, not with the lifeguards).

I did have time to catch some other events, mostly involving China winning and Britain losing. Britain lost in the men's and women's team archery to China, as well as the women's singles, again to China. We also lost in the badminton, again to China. And in the diving, it was another case of China being stupidly better than everyone else. The Western competitors seem too broad-shouldered for diving, unlike the Chinese people who slip into the water almost unnoticed.

The main event of the day was the basketball, China vs USA. Although China lost, as expected, it was what everyone was watching, a chance to see how good China is against the world's best. They certainly took defeat well, but then with so many medals, who wouldn't.

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