Moving to Romania!

This entry is getting written as I watch the Olympics on Tuesday night the 7th. I have my laptop on my lap and am

just going to write exactly what is on my mind (minus normal dirty thoughts along the way) and then make the post

tomorrow unedited.

How about the All-American final in the gold medal women's beach volleyball championship?
Misty May Treanor and Kerry Walsh Jennings take on the other girls whose names I currently can't recall 

who knocked off the #1 seed in the tournament from Brazil in three sets.

Treanor and Jennings had difficulty getting into the final as well having a brutal match against a Chinese team. They

needed to squeak out both sets in the match by two points and needed to come from behind in the first set.
The team that they beat had at one time been coached by the same coach they had and here in the US. So really that match was sort of an American match.
We rule when it comes to this stuff.

Lolo Jones, who tripped over the hurdles in 2008 in the 100 meter hurdles, attempted to come back this year in London.

Making it back onto the US Olympic team was admirable and she is certainly a character who is endearing enough to root for in these games.
She only managed to place third in her semifinal heat and only two in each semifinal (there are three semis) and the

fastest remaining two times advanced. Fortunately she did get one of those spots.

Coaches sometimes over coach their teams and their players and there was an example of that on the womens water polo team in the semifinal game against Australia. Leading 9-8 with less than 30 seconds to go Australia was in the American end of the pool attempting to get off a shot. When they did get off their shot it was deflected by the American

goalie to the left of her goal. Rather than allowing the remaining one second to tick off of the clock, Overcoach

called a time out. The trouble with that move, which I am sure that he thought was brilliant at the moment, was that none of his players were in possession of the ball. In case you weren't aware of the water polo rules (similar to me) it is illegal to call time out without possession of the ball.
After some double checking with officials all over the arena, a penalty shot was awarded to Australia which they

converted to send the game into overtime. Fortunately for Overcoach, the US responded and won the

match to enter the gold medal game.

I am  now watching the balance beam competition and watching more epic failing. So far both Gabby Douglas, the American all-around champion, and Viktoria Komova from Russia have both fallen off the beam.
Now every normal person would fall off the beam just trying to walk across it, but since both Chinese entrants stayed on

the beam and popped some 15.5, and over, scores, that means that both Douglas and Komova are out of medal contention. Aly Raisman was last and I was hoping going in that she would win the gold tonight and win silver in the floor

exercises while Jordyn Wieber won the gold.
Douglas and Komova still manage to score between 13 and 14  points though and I don't get it.
Raisman does a great job on the beam. One little balance check and a forward hop on her landing. I figure that she is

good for bronze. In this case she WINS a bronze as opposed to losing it since she went last. It is much different than

 what happened with Maroney who lost the gold because of her all off the vault the night before.
Raisman ends up getting the shaft though and coming up in fourth place. The American contingent goes wild in the

stands and demand an inquiry.
Now there is drama in the house. She was clearly better than the Romanian who is standing around believing she won a

medal.
This is the whole problem with gymnastics and any other sport which is judged instead of simply competed team vs

team or person vs person. The judges go to a replay screen, which is fair.

The Romanian is 24 years old and she is hot. Its good to be able to say that about a gymnast since most of them are 14 and its not cool to say that.

The second results are in...score changed...Raisman gets

more points...she gets the bronze. Now what for the

Romanians??? Do they get to review her athlete's tape now?

That doesn't seem fair to me even though it goes to the American.
We'll take it though.

Floor exercises coming up next...well, after track.

Lots of fluorescent track shoes being worn by these sprinters.
With all of the attention around Lolo Jones, who lost in Beijing, no one mentions that Dawn Harper is back this year

in the finals and she is the reigning champion from 2008.

But that’s now because the Australian is the favorite. No one has ever repeated in this event, the 100-meter hurdles.
Harper is second...we think...it’s a photo finish...its the Australian Sally Pearson who wins Australia's first gold

medal in this event She was second to Harper in 2008. Harper is second .02 behind and Kellie Wells from the US is third.

Jones is fourth.
Kellie Wells give glory to God. This pisses off the Christophobes out there, I am sure, much like it did when

Gabby Douglas did it after winning her medal. I'm almost shocked that NBC doesn't bleep out the word God knowing how left that network leans.

Back to floor exercises. Wieber goes second and Raiman third. Eight athletes qualify to try to win one of three

medals.14.566 is the opening score for one of the Russians. Here is a chance for some redemption for Wieber. She flubs her first run's landing. Steps out of bounds on her second one. Already she is done. Another fail for the world

champion. She can't even do the dance parts of this well enough to call herself fit to wear a ribbon. It’s on her face

as she walks off of the mat. More tears to come here, I’m afraid. No way that she can be better than 14.566.
Raisman is on deck while everyone awaits the score. Now remember that Raisman bounced on her head doing of the parts of this routine in the team competition. She needs to put it back in to this one.
14.5 for Wieber. How is that humanly possible? The best she can do is silver now, but there is no way that her score

will hold up here.

Raisman goes...and nails the part where she landed on her head previously in warm-ups. She is looking hot...is

she at least 18 and I can say that? She is killing this routine...one more run...she pounds it out. This is gold

medal material. She'll be the one to beat now. Five more girls to go. Her coach says it’s the best routine that she

had ever done. In slow motion it’s amazing. She scores a 15.6. How can that only be 15.6? In qualifying

only two scores are better than that? How could any be better than that if that is such an amazing routine with all

of that difficulty?
Well its puts the pressure on the rest of the girls. But we have to wait for the commercials now.
We are back. The Romanian who Aly tied and beat on the beam is now on the floor. Damn she is hot. I might move to

Romania. What the heck is her name? I want to friend request her on Facebook. She kills her routine too. Wieber will be

off the medal podium now.
Catalina Ponor...that’s her name. Her score...15.2? That doesn't seem right. Where is the inquiry here? But she is

now second.

Catalina Ponor

Now it’s the Italian. They flash their names too quick for me

to type them in on time. She is 6th. If she doesn't get a

15.6 Raisman is assured the bronze. I can tell that the Italian girl will be short and fat in just a couple of years

time. Definitely not as good as my new Romanian girl friend.
The Russian who won the uneven bars gold medal is up next. She is a threat...commercials. I think I see Utah in the

Chevy commercial. I want to move there. Delaware sucks...some day soon I may write a blog entry that is

titled "Why Delaware Sucks."

Back now to Aliya Mustafina. She had 3 medals already. The Italian is now third. Raiman has a guaranteed bronze.
Here she goes...I think she is good for bronze and maybe silver but not gold. Her score...14.9 and good for bronze.

The remaining Romanian, also hot, is last.

Sandra Izbaza

Sandra Izbasa hits the floor but messes up a simple double spin.

Tough to come back from that now I think. She falls on her last run right on her face and that give Aly Raisman the

gold medal. Raisman helps save face for the team in the individual competitions by nailing down the gold medal.
It’s funny to watch the girls try to congratulate each other and they don't all speak the same language. It’s a series of

thumbs up, hugs, and awkward looks on their faces.
But good for Raisman. I wanted her to win one of these gold medals today.

Looks like my dog needs to poop so for now I'm

Done.