Matt and I are bummed about the girls taking silver in the team gymnastics final. We were thrilled for the guys' bronze yesterday, who didn't have a single former Olympian on the team and were operating with like third alternates. But the US women losing to China...harder to accept. It did seem like China was just the better team, that if every girl had given their best and no one had screwed up, the Chinese would've still taken the gold. But the gold medal was in our reach but for Alicia Sacramone's major errors - a fall off the beam and a butt landing on floor - and that makes the losing harder. We lost by 2.375 points and those two deductions alone were 1.6 points. Add in how those costly errors screwed up the minds of her teammates and I think we could've won it all.
Well, here's hoping that our women step it up for the individual finals.
Oh, and GO Michael Phelps and team US swimming!
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