We all know the highlights of Michael Phelps accomplishing history with gold medals, but do you what has happened with the other US athletes? If you haven't been up to date, have no fear. You can find out all that you have missed on
www.nbcolympics.com. The site constantly updates medal counts, upcoming events, and what channels to watch the competitions. This is all being done while in Beijing real time which is 12 hrs of our standard eastern time. You can also watch live video streaming of sports events on the webpage that are not being shown on television. There are just so many interactive features to look at.
So far for the tennis team, James Blake advances to his next match while Venus and Serena were eliminated from theirs. But there is still hope for the sisters because they are still competing in the doubles.
The US mens basketball team coined as the "Redeem Team" are definitely finding salvation. Yesterday (or actually today because right now in Beijing its Friday) the team beat Greece who defeated them in back in 2006 at the world championships.
Also, congratulation the US Mens Gymnastics (who were all first-timers competing at the games) team who won bronze and the Women's team won silver.
By the way, did you know there was a brother and sister competing in fencing, however, they were eliminated as well. But their background story is truly inspiring and heart-warming. Here is the link to the brother's page
http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlet... Just one more thing!
The total medal count for team USA is 34 compared to China's 35 and accumulating so much gold, but we will have to wait and see what Track and Field Brings.
Posted By: Candice Johnson
Thursday, August 14th 2008 at 4:01PM
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