Genzilla

July 31st, 2012 at 1:52 PM ^

Wieber was an amazing team leader today.  After the difficult day she had in the individual qualifying and being heartbroken after being eliminated on a dumb rule, she was encouraging and leading her teammates throughout the whole day, always smiling and hugging them.



I was blown away by her leadership today.

Well...Well...Well

July 31st, 2012 at 2:34 PM ^

The same could be said for track and field as well....they don't even start until week 2. But I think there is good reasons for having it this way...first, it is convenient for athletes in the sense that they can enjoy the olympic experience by having opportunities to watch other events and number 2, it is best for the fan experience (on site anyways), they get a few hours of each discipline (i.e. swimming, running, etc.) as opposed to one event at a time 

Yeoman

July 31st, 2012 at 2:36 PM ^

It's a country about the size of Iowa--the size and quality they consistently get out of that population base is hard to believe.

Yeoman

July 31st, 2012 at 3:14 PM ^

I don't mean any rip at Iowa basketball. They'd be very very good as states of that size go (maybe the best) but like any group of 2.5 -3 million not namd Chicago or Brooklyn or Queens they still wouldn't have any depth. Collison, Hinrich, Harrison Barnes--that's a good core but I don't think the full squad would be an automatic qualifier out of Europe the way Lithuania seems to be.

They've made the last four in every Olympics they've been eligible for, five in a row. That streak will probably be broken this year, but still they've probably been the second most successful Oympic team over the last 20 years. I don't know how they do it--they don't have any demographic advantages: no US army bases, no former colonies to recruit citizens from.

MaizeNBlu628

July 31st, 2012 at 2:40 PM ^

Also of note, Charlie Houchin, a UofM grad, made his Olympic debut in the 4x200 freestyle relays today. Team USA won the heat, so if they can win the finals tonight (Charlie prob will not swim), he can get a gold medal!

Jeremy

July 31st, 2012 at 4:15 PM ^

Lochte did his job in the 4x200 relay. I wasn't expecting such a big lead after the first leg.

 

That gives Phelps the most olympic medals.

96goblue00

July 31st, 2012 at 4:50 PM ^

He qualified in the same eight events that he swam in Beijing in 2008 but dropped the 200-meter freestyle, which means that he still has three more.

snarling wolverine

July 31st, 2012 at 5:54 PM ^

Still no gold medals for the British (and only four total).  That drought should end tomorrow - they've got some strong contenders (particularly in rowing and the cycling time trial), but their Olympic committee has already revised down its projection from 70 to 60 total medals.   

 

Louise Reese

November 1st, 2014 at 2:34 AM ^

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