They’re over. I’m sad. But I thought I would write a little about the things that were impressing versus that which made me cringe.
The Chinese Audience hosted a FANTASTIC OLYMPICS in my opinion. First off, the designs were astounding. From the Bird’s Nest to the Water Cube, the architecture was fabulous. [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 26, 2008
Best and Worst of the Olympics
August 23, 2008
Someone Hacked Into This Blog
On the most recent post “The IOC Will Investigate He Kexin’s Actual Age” someone, somehow wrote words on the post:
“All the good work China did to put on these Olympics could be forgotten because of an unnecessary, arrogant move by the government. Why risk everything to put a 14-year old in the competition when they [...]
August 21, 2008
The IOC Will Investigate He Kexin’s Actual Age
Did I call this or what?
IOC orders investigation into He Kexin’s age
By Chris Chase
The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into the age of Chinese gymnast He Kexin, The Times of London reports. Faced with almost insurmountable evidence which suggests that He is two years younger than the birth date listed on her Chinese [...]
August 19, 2008
2008 Olympics: Event Finals Plus a Few Rants
Okay. So I thought I wasn’t “going to go there,” but I am. I am truly disgusted.
As some of you may have read, I long ago called that the age controversy was going to be the scandal of the Games. It was. I also stated that I REFUSED to let that [...]
August 18, 2008
2008 Olympics: Heartbreaks! Event Finals, Night One
So I accidentally saw too many of the results online before I got to watch the broadcast. I WILL NOT let that happen the next two nights! I will be banning myself from going online tomorrow until after the broadcast.
My heart broke wide open with the results way too many times tonight…
Cheng Fei- I [...]
August 15, 2008
2008 Olympics: Nastia Wins the Gold
I am emotionally drained. This has been without a doubt, the most stressful, emotional, TV event I think I have ever watched. Though I haven’t ever prepped so much for single TV event ever.
Nastia Liukin is the All Around Olympic Champion. Shawn Johnson with silver. Yang Yilin wins bronze.
My opinions of [...]
August 14, 2008
2008 Olympics: Yang Wei is Golden but Other Dreams Shattered
Oh the heartbreaks and surprises tonight!
As expected, Yang Wei won the gold. I am so happy for him. What a truly glorious thing. He won by 2.6 points.
The real news is with the heartbreaks that happened among those in the silver and bronze medal race. Less than a point separated places [...]
August 13, 2008
2008 Olympics: An Unexpected Team Final
Woooooow, craziness last night!
Of course the biggest surprise came with the fact that Alicia Sacramone made two major errors. I really think that China would have won regardless, but you never know. If those mistakes did not exist, China may have had the pressure get to them and maybe made a couple of [...]
August 12, 2008
2008 Olympics: And the Men’s Team Final was BEAUTIFUL
Last night was an exceptional competition capturing what is so very wonderful about the Olympic Games. As expected, China captured the gold. They cried, I cried, it was spectacular. Yang Wei turned in some beautiful performances, I can’t wait to see him go after the other gold medal that is rightfully his.
The [...]
