July 3, 201610 yr Swimming trials are about finished and track and field starts today. I've watching every night of the swimming trials and they've been really fun. What a grinder for an elite athlete to go through just to qualify for the US team. The poor girl they disqualified after she made the team for an illegal turn, and then reinstated her in the appeal. What a run of emotions.
July 5, 201610 yr Pretty cool when a family friend qualifies for the Olympics. David Verburg, third in the 400 meters, 44.82.
July 5, 201610 yr Author Yes, it is tough. Saw where Missy Franklin did not make it. Wow, she didn't? Bummer. She was one of the heroes from the 2012 Olympics.
July 5, 201610 yr Rio police have not been paid in months. There is also a drug-resistant super bacteria off the coast.
July 5, 201610 yr Rio police have not been paid in months. There is also a drug-resistant super bacteria off the coast. If someone said to me, "Prof, here's $25,000 but to get it you have to go to Rio to the Olympics", I'd tell them to keep their money.
July 5, 201610 yr Wow, she didn't? Bummer. She was one of the heroes from the 2012 Olympics. She qualified for 3 events for Rio. She didn't qualify to defend her gold medal in 100 backstroke. She qualified for 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle, and that put her on the 200m x4 freestyle relay team.
July 5, 201610 yr If someone said to me, "Prof, here's $25,000 but to get it you have to go to Rio to the Olympics", I'd tell them to keep their money. Agreed...
July 5, 201610 yr As to the discussion earlier in this thread: the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has backed (I suppose, she answered a question during a conference) a proposal to have the Olympics permanently in Athens and, quite frankly, I think I like it, at least for the Summer Games. IMF Chief Backs Permanent Olympic Host Athens seems like a natural permanent host and having permanent status would be good for Greece as well as save some of the nonsensical amounts of money being spent around the world to host these things every four years. A permanent Winter host is a little trickier to find, probably, as the lack of a natural host (like Athens, the birthplace of the games) would make the politics somewhat thorny. I'd like to see a small rotation just to spread it around a little. 2 - 4 venues for each.
July 5, 201610 yr I missed the first day of the trials (forgot to set DVR) but have watched every second since then. That 800m girls final yesterday was brutal. I would not want to be Brenda Martinez today.
July 5, 201610 yr Author She qualified for 3 events for Rio. She didn't qualify to defend her gold medal in 100 backstroke. She qualified for 200m backstroke, 200m freestyle, and that put her on the 200m x4 freestyle relay team. Oh okay! Thanks for the clarification. Glad to hear that she will still be a part of the games.
July 9, 201610 yr Golfer Dustin Johnson put out a statement yesterday that he's not going to the Olympics due to the Zika virus. Said he had concerns about the health problems for himself and his family. I think the Olympics are going to lose several star athletes in the outdoor sports. If I were a member of the any of the outdoor water events, such as rowing or kayak, I wouldn't be there. They're having major issues with polluted waters.
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