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Jeremy Wariner vs. LaShawn Merritt They also showed qualified for men’s 400m track & field on August 19. Oh… I really wanted Jeremy to win. But just after I woke up this morning, I saw some articles that says Lashawn won gold and Jeremy placed 2nd … Now I feel very disappointed .. Since this year, his rival Lashawn appeared and Jeremy was beaten by him twice this year, so many people are not expecting to Jeremy to win. But Jeremy beat him in Paris race a month ago. Jeremy was unbeatable until this year 2008, but seems like he had a muscle problem and his time was getting slower than before. Jeremy’s personal best time record is 43.45 and still holds the World Record as third best in the world. Top is still Michael Johnson’s 43.18 ( 1999 ), second is Harry Butch 43.29 (1988). LaShawn got 43.75 in this Beijing Olympics, sadly Jeremy’s time was 44.74. I’m wondering what happened to Jeremy ? And when I checked the lane for both of them, Lashawn was in 4 lane and Jeremy ...

During Olympics and figure skating season, it’s hard to focus only one thing since I found my favorite athletes , and can not stop watching all the competitions for my favorite subjects. Last night was for women’s gymnastics balance beam competition, and men’s gymnastics horizontal bar, also warming -up of track & field 400m. Women’s gymnastics balance beam 1. Shawn Johnson (USA) 2. Nastia Liukin (USA) 3. Cheng Fei ( CHN ) 4. Anna Pavlova (RUS) 5. Gabriela Dragoi (ROU) 6. Li Shanshan (CHN) 7. Ksenia Afanasyeva (RUS) 8. Koko Tsurumi (JPN) Yay, Shawn and Nastia rock ! I was rooting for Nastia but both of them were amazing ! I really like Shawn Johnson’s pure mind cheerful smile and friendly personality. Very adorable. Shawn was very steady, was doing many difficult movements and received 7.0 for A-score. Just only one part slightly lost balance and at landing, she stepped out but it was not so big deal. Even though I prefer Nastia’s artistic style, it was very nice to s...

1. He Kexin ( CHN )  A-score: 7.7, B-score : 9.025, total- 16725 2. Nastia Liukin ( USA )  A - score: 7.7, B- score: 9.025, total - 16725 3. Yang Yilin ( CHN )  A-score: 7.7, B-score: 8.950, total - 16650 4. Beth Tweddele (GBR) 5. Anastasiia Koval ( UKR) 6. Ksenia Semenova ( RUS ) 7. Steliana Nistor ( ROU ) 8. Dariya Zgoba (UKR) I was shocked to see the result showed He Kexin and Nastia’s was a tiebreaker but gold medal went to He Kexin. Immediately I started thinking about Johnny’s situation at last US Nationals’s tie breaker. And wonder how Johnny is feeing seeing this result. Nastia looked frustrated and disappointed after knowing this result. It’s a tie , why they don’t make a rule to give two gold medals to both of them for tie ? However, seeing all the gymnasts performances, what I thought was they should not give Nastia and He Kexin same scores, because I thought He Kexin’s was doing more difficult movements, twisted her body backwards after doing ...

Vault Result -  1. Hong Un Jong (PRK) 2. Oksana Chusovitina (GER) 3. Cheng Fei (CHN) 4. Alicia Sacramone (USA) 5. Ariella Kaslin ( SUI ) 6. Carlotta Giovannini (ITA) 7. Jade Barbosa ( BRA) 8. Anna Pavlova (RUS) Hmm.. I felt sympathy for Alicia could not make medal for this because I thought she did better than Cheng Fei. Cheng Fei did good job in her first vault but in the second vault, she fell. And Alicia didn’t make a big mistake for both of them. It was hurt to see Alicia tears and disappointed. I would give Alicia over Cheng Fei for this. Also I felt bad for Anna Pavlova (RUS). The broadcast didn’t show her performances , and just showed only the scores and the scene Anna was talking with her coach with disappointed face. Seems like she started before the green light which showed ready sign was up and got a big deduction for it. And as a result she had disqualified for the second vault due to a false start. But it was great to see the 33 years old lady who i...

This competition was pretty enjoyable to watch because I have some favorites and we were very excited during the time. I was rooting for Nastie Liukin for gold medal so it was very nice to see her win ! Seems like everyone thought Shawn Johnson will win for this competition before started and she was the favorite in the U.S.A. ?  That’s why only her fluff piece was shown ? My favorites are 1. Nastie Liukin (U.S.A.) 2. Ksennia Semenova ( RUS ) 3. Yang Yling and Yuang ( China ) Those three are my favorites ! I love those girls styles and also they are my type of looking, so it can also be my top three favorite beauty contest. I really love Russian girl Ksenia especially her floor exercise, she was the most musical in it so I was really hoping she will get silver, and Chinese girl Yang Yling for bronze. Nastie was amazing, she definitely deserved the gold medal ! She looked very nervous before started, but she was very strong and did excellent job for each subject, only i...

It’s a shame that NBC broadcast showed only American and Chinese teams and didn’t show much for Russian and Romanian teams because I guess they were competing at the same time as Chinese and American teams. So I saw only one Romanian gymnast doing uneven bar. And right before the Romanian girl start , they showed Nadia Comaneci in the arena audience. Looked like she was with her son. (maybe ?) It was so nice to see Nadia supporting her own country’s team there. She is still keeping her beautiful looking. Even though they showed only a few seconds, I thought she has impact and has charisma, very attractive and cool. I wanted them to show her more. They also showed two Russian gymnasts, Sennya and Anna. I thought , Sennya ’s face looks like a twin version of Tatiana Navka ( Russian ice dancer ) . Very pretty ! She did good job, however was nothing special for her style and movements. My favorite so far is Nastia Liukin from the U.S.A. She is great ! When I saw two of her p...

Olympics Beijing is now showing up !  The opening ceremony was just amazing ! Ray and I enjoyed every moment in it. In some parts when huge fire works were up, it reminds me of Alfee’s summer live events. I’ve heard that it was a Chinese top movie director who produced those settings. I especially loved, a Chinese girl dancing on a cloth , below many guys were lifting her. And also a Chinese lady who was doing Tai chi , her movements were like a water, and so elegant. I usually didn’t watch Olympics opening ceremonies or I don’t remember much about that and only watching my favorite subjects without checking schedule. But I believe this may be the most wonderful opening ceremony. Kudos to Chinese people ! I’ve read that at a cost of over $US 370 million in front of 80 world leaders and a worldwide audience of four billion !!! China was determined to prove that it could stage the greatest show on earth. And seems like around 10,000 performers were taking par...