They finally showed the Olympic women's diving competition tonight on NBC. I'd been waiting to see Haley Ishimatsu, the 15-year old Japanese-American girl, since a few weeks ago when they did a quick segment about her on NPR. Apparently, she can do a back 3 1/2 somersault pike, which is this crazy dive that only a handful of other people in the world can do. Anyhow, she placed tenth in the qualifiers but didn't win. The commentators pointed out that her splash is too big when she hits the water. Interesting...
Someone said that it's easier on younger athletes to compete in the Olympics because they're just competing on excitement and adrenaline, whereas the older ones have a lot more at stake, and think about things more. I wouldn't know, because even though I dabble in all kinds of sports, I am nowhere even close to making it into real competition. :(
Poor kid - I wanted to give her a hug when she didn't medal; she just couldn't stop crying. Still, you have Kitajima in the 100m and 200m breaststroke and the girls softball team winning, which was awesome to watch.
Posted by: leathej1 | August 25, 2008 at 06:54 AM
what was his name the gymnastics guy from Japan?He was amazing, I told my friends in Japan that he ws so perfect and precise it was like Aikido gymnastics.He won silver , I think.for info integrity I should research before blabbing(a common form of webspeak,like blogging but without direction or research!).I am no watcher of sports prefer doing but like to see china in popular media for first time ever!!!
Posted by: good worker | August 25, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Kohei Uchimura
Posted by: good worker | August 25, 2008 at 04:37 PM