Winners of the Gold!
Did anyone catch the amazing finals in the Men’s 4×100 Freestyle last night in Beijing? I am not usually the biggest supporter of US Olympic teams (my loyalties are split with South Korea), but I do tend to root for the US whenever I can. That said, I was very very much into the race last night (partly because of France’s verbal assault — perhaps they haven’t learned from their pro leagues that bulletin board material is not a good thing). And WOW.
The anchor swimmer was about a half body length apart with about 25m to go… and he inexplicably caught the French swimmer and out-tapped him for the win. Very exciting, amazing race!
As an interesting side note, Cullen Jones, pictured to the left of the picture above, is only the second African-American olympic swimmer. That’s an amazing stat, and makes his accomplishment all the more admirable. Congratulations to him, and I hope his inner city swimming initiative takes off.
