Kiwi's can't swim.. their feathers get waterlogged and they sink.

What sport was it?

Kiwi's can't swim.. their feathers get waterlogged and they sink.

What sport was it?

Well I don't know, I missed it.

Heres some really nice photos taken during the opening ceremonies.

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The Olympics are one of the reasons I have not been hanging around much here lately. They are also the reason I've been living on a combination of insomnia, caffeine and sugar...sounds a great deal like my college senior lifestyle. The other is I have been crazy busy between work and getting ready for a little trip to Vancouver.

I have been loving watching Michael Phelps in his drive for 8 gold medals. Love him or hate him, you gotta admit, he's one heck of an athlete.

As for women's team gymnastics, i think the biggest problem for the USA team was Martha Karolyi and her big mouth. Instead of keeping the girls focused on doing their best and letting their routines do the talking, she kept harping about how the Chinese team was cheating by using underage competitors. I think she was a huge distraction to the girls and they kept her comments in their minds instead of concentrating on their own routines.

Martha's comments also reflected badly on the sportsmnaship of the USA gymnastics team. You can't help but notice the differene in the performances in the team competition and the individual all-around. Obviously, the Americans girls have something, coming in gold and silver. I also couldn't help but notice that Martha was nowhere to be seen.

And if you can't find your favorite sport broadcast on TV, you can find it online. I watched a bunch of the 3-day event (equestrian/horse) this way.

although she does have a point. They shouldn't be using underage girls. And lets be honest, there's no way some of those girls are 16.

But I agree that concerns like that should be taken to the authorities of the games/sports, not just blurted out in public or in a way which takes your teams focus of the task.

I'm rooting for Phelps too! the guys a freak of nature!

Freak!!

I agree that some of those Chinese girls are no where near 16. But whining about it comes across as a bad case of "sour grapes" and sorry, but sour grapes make for bitter wine. I think the American girls showed a great deal more class than their coach/mentor/spokesperson by stating "they were the better team".

And I hear you about Phelps...its like that dude was genetically engineered to swim.

And your equestrian team was doing pretty well there for a while too. Go Kiwi rowers!!!! We Yanks do suck mightily in this sport.

Dat must be why they're in da boats. The rowing team took bronze

Roulston won silver in cycling

I won't tell you who took Gold in both. I know how you feel about them.

and the twins got GOLD in the rowing!! and we got gold in the shot-put

NZ medal count (the most we've ever won at one olympics.. so it can only get better now)


Our singles rower only got third cos he had Beijing Belly. Dude collapsed after the race, was throwing up in his boat and then on the dock, couldn't even stand up for a while...was eeewwww

Surprising he competed at all, cos he's had it all week and had to be intravenously re-hydrated after his semi-finals race. So was a good effort on his part to get third.

good idea. I'd have to moderate myself.

USA leads the medal count now!!

That's really cool! It was very neat to see Michael Phelps get his record and bring 8 gold medals! God has really blessed him with athletic talent!

I thought Phelps was genetically engineered.

how about that Usain Bolt? this guy's FAST!

glad i got to see him break 2 world records.

i wonder how these athletes handle the pressure. so many people were expecting him to pull another win. while i was waiting for the race to begin, i felt like i was the one competing.

Hooray, Belgium got his first silver medal. Thanks to Kim Gevaert, incredible how she makes up for what she messed up earlier this week.

But Belgium lost of Brazil. Bye bye, bronze! If there's something this country really can't do it's playing soccer. We just so truly suck!!! They're so awful!

That guy scares me. At least he could do is breathe heavy after a race.

Yep.. there's a lot to be said for genetic engineering.

or maybe......

Bionics!

First gold medal for Belgium thanks to Tia Hellebaut!!!

Same here. Maybe I wasn't born a sport person. Although, the Beijing mascots are so CUTE!!!! I want them! Hopefully a friend said he would get me plushies of them! Yay!

I did read about CERTAIN things I found interesting, but that was mostly it. Like the gym deal (go Chinese little girls ). And Phelps, heh, he must have grown up with sharks chasing him all the time in the pools. That's how he got so fast! XD And the jamaican runner... he was trained with hungry cheetahs. That's how the mysteries are solved, kids. XD

Jamaica is a Caribbean Island. It doesn't have cheetahs, or any other kind of big cat.

Rock, I'm latinamerican and I live in the Caribbean, dear. Actually I live in the Enchanted Island of the Caribbean: Puerto Rico. We DO have big cats. In Puerto Rico there is a natural BIG cat. Is called Leonazo. Suposedly is a breed that "mutated" from northamerican mountain wild cats. How in the heck that mountain cat got here (Puerto Rico)? No idea. Most probably how most of the NEW "exotic" animals have been appearing for the last 2 decades: an exotic pet collector brought it to the island. Althought the leonazo has been here for the past 200 years so no idea how the original one came to the island. Currently we have snakes, alligators, some kind of spider monkey, something that looks like a tiny kangaroo (that are running wild right now, terrorizing local farmers and Natural Department is trying to catch it without much luck), ostriches, wolves, geckos, and komodo dragons. Puerto Rico gets a lot of unnatural animals thanks to so many ignorant people wanting to get a "cool" pet and then, when they find out they can't take care of it anymore they let them loose.

And there are Lions, leopards, cheetahs and other big cats here. That's why zoos are for, you know? I never claimed that the cheetah was natural from Jamaica XD Jamaican runners may be trained in the zoos The Puerto Rico's zoo in Mayaguez has a "runner track". Supposedly the idea was to foment locals to make their daily jogs in the zoo. Crazy idea! I woulnd't be anywhere near a zoo to do my excercises!! XD In October 20, 2002 a jaguar escaped her cage and after attacking people and officers the police gun her down

but Puerto Rico isn't Jamaica.

What animals does Jamaica have?

In natural habitat Jamaica has at least 200 different species of birds, including parrots, hummingbirds, cuckoos and a cute little green bird called Todys. There are also frogs, lizards, turtles and - oh my god! - crocodiles!!

Jamaica has a zoo in Old Hope Road, Kingston called "Hope Zoo". Aparently the zoo is in danger of closing down, but still house wild pigs, aligators, a monkey, cranes, macaws, ducks, pelicans, geese, flamingoes, hawks, south-american tapirs, snakes, peacocks, owls and lions... so perhaps instead of cheetahs, jamaican runners train with lions! *hides under bed*

Bolt made sprinting look like jogging in a park.

I don't think Bolt and Phelps are human.

Completely agree. Not sure if I should be frightened or not.

*hides under bed to ponder*