Anywho, Puerto Rican athletes are actually the royalty of choking! This is especially true of the national basketball team… they blow out the competition during non-crucial games; but come the games that actually matter, and they crumble!! The mentality tends to be “beat the USA, and our mission is accomplished.” Look at how far THAT got them… they didn’t even make it to the Olympics this year. Our representation as a whole is pretty much in the dumpster right now, anyway. We didn’t even win Boxing, which is where it’s usually at for us. Oh well… maybe next time *sigh*

Hehe the Japanese gymnast IS adorable (or in the words i used in an msn convo “cheek-pinchable-cute”!)

Can’t wait for closing ceremony! Go China hahah… Canada is such a loser w/ no medals for like a week

Back in the days though, Olympics used to just be a hobby that people were particularly good at. People would go to the events, beat their personal best, perhaps beat a few other people, and then go off to their regular work the next day. Now there’s athletes who’s sole purpose and career is to train and compete.
Personally I think we’ve gotten to a stage where, there’s not much more to beat. Sure, you can still win above other people, but human bodies can only ever run/swim/whatever so fast, and those records are pretty much set. Beating the record by a few seconds, can you really account that to the training (and then, if they have trained up to that level, shouldn’t that then be what they get consistently?) or perhaps some damn good luck on the day? I guess I’m just a bit of a downer on the Olympics, eh. I just don’t see the point anymore.

Nevertheless, sarcasm or not, you’re still being negative about two women who ‘choked’, despite still doing pretty well. That was the point of both my comments and the thread on Snark.