We began with women's weightlifting - one of our favorites. Petite women weighing under 100lbs lift barbells, inching up from 154 to 193lbs in the Snatch and an astonishing 242lbs in the Clean and Jerk.
On to Fencing, which moves at lightning speed. Even with electronic touch scoring and replays in slow-mo, we can barely follow the scoring, but its dynamic, looks amazingly graceful and has long been on Karen's bucket list, so Steve sticks it out.
Swimming at the Olympic Village rounds out the day. The cheers are deafening!
Ryan Lochte (model material handsome) from the US, breaks the 400M medley record at 4:05:15, a full 3 seconds ahead of the other two medal winners. Mark Phelps looked crushed at not medaling. World records were also broken at women's 400 medley (China) and 4x100 meter relay (Australia).
Star power went beyond the Olympians. Kobe Bryant and family were close by for the swimming. Steve disappeared for a while and reemerged from where Michelle Obama, Bill Gates and Mitt Romney were sitting. He insists he was just getting ice cream. Hmmmm.
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