Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Olympics Beijing 2008











Who doesn't watch the Olympics?
This is my first Olympics I watched and understood what was going on,
and I absolutely love it! Now let's review some of the Highlights of the Olympics.

1. Michael Phelps- !, Michael Phelps broke Mark Spitz' Record of having 7 Gold Medals at a single Olympics to having 8 gold medals. AND that's not all! For 7 events he won Gold, he broke the world record.

400m individual medley: Gold Medal, World Record ,time:4:03.84
4x100m freestyle relay: Gold Medal,World Record ,time:3:08.24
200m freestyle: Gold Medal, World Record, time: 1:42.96
200m butterfly: Gold Medal,World Record, time: 1:52.03
4x200m freestyle relay: Gold Medal,World Record, time: 6:58.56
200m individual medley: Gold Medal, World Record, time: 1:54:23
100m butterfly: Gold Medal, Olympic Record, time: 0:50.58 (wins by 0.01[a hundredth of a second])
4x 100m medley relay:Gold Medal, World Record, time:3:29.34


Nastia Liukin- wins Gold for U.S, all-around in gymnastics (UN-Even
Bars, Balance Beam,Vault and floor) Also wins other individual
events in gymnastics in the Olympics.

Shawn Johnson- wins Silver for U.S, all-around in gymnastics (UN-
Even Bars,Balance Beam,Vault and floor.)Shawn&Nastia wins 1-2 for
U.S.Also wins other medals in individual events, in gymnastics, in the Olympics.


U.S.A wins Gold for Mens Basketball against Spain.
Players: Carmelo Anthony
Chris Bosh (Reppin' NBA Team Toronto Raptors!')
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Lebron James
Jason Kidd
Chris Paul I don't know if I got them all
Michael Redd but here's some of it then!
Dwayne Wade
Deron Williams
Tayshaun Prince?


Congratulations U.S.A!!!
You may have notice I only posted Athletes from the U.S.A team.
,and I'm from Canada... Well Canada didn't do THAT well in the 2008Beijing
Olympics,they just did 'fine'.But I'll be moving to The U.S soon, so I'm proud 'soon to be a' American.
Go team U.s.A !





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