More Olympic stuff
Congratulations are in order to several US teams. Women's Soccer won their semifinal against Japan to advance to the Gold Medal Game on the 21st against Brazil. Also playing a Gold Medal Game on the 21st will be Women's Water Polo, who downed Australia for the right to face the Netherlands in the final. That Soccer wound up against Brazil is not suprising - both teams are powerhouses, but that Water Polo got the Netherlands in the final was - the Dutch went just 1-2 in pool play, if you'll pardon the unintentional pun, but pulled off suprise upsets in the first two rounds. This kind of reminds me of when the Maryland basketball team made it to the finals and played an Indiana team that came out of nowhere to get to the championship. Of course, we all know what happened then...
Also having a gold medal match on the 21st in the women's beach volleyball pair extraordinaire of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, who swept Brazil to play the winner of the other semi, which pits the two Chinese pairs against each other.
On the other side of the coin, the Men's Beach Volleyball pair of Gibb and Rosenthal were bumped out of medal contention, as well as Women's Field Hockey. So, for those of you keeping track at home:
Still alive: Baseball, Softball, Men's & Women's Basketball, Men's & Women's Beach Volleyball (1 team each), Women's Soccer, Men's & Women's Indoor Volleyball, Men's & Women's Water Polo.
Eliminated: Men's & Women's Beach Volleyball (1 team each), Women's Field Hockey, Men's Soccer
No team: Men's Field Hockey, Men's & Women's Handball
Later on this morning, Baseball looks to lock up a spot in the semifinals with a win over Taiwan (7 AM Eastern); Women's Basketball plays their quarterfinal against South Korea (8), which should not be competitive; and finally, Women's Indoor Volleyball has their quarterfinal against Italy (10).
In the sports where the US is not active: Men's Field Hockey wraps up the preliminaries this morning. The Netherlands and Australia appear to be the two teams to beat; they have played each other, and the game ended in a 2-2 draw, the only game either team failed to win outright. Women's Field Hockey goes straight to the semifinals, where Germany will play China and Argentina will play the Netherlands. The Krauts and the Dutch are apparently the two powerhouses there (the US women do have one more game remaining - the 7th place game against Spain at 11 PM Eastern tonight). The Men's Soccer Semis are taking place this morning. Nigeria and Belgium are playing now, Nigeria is up 1-0 as I write this, and Argentina will play Brazil in a game with a lot more than just a shot at Olympic Gold on the line. The Handball quarterfinals are just getting underway: Women's this morning, Men's tomorrow. France was the only unbeaten team in pool play on the Men's side, for the Women, Norway and Russia appear to be the powerhouses. In fact, Norway has already beaten Sweden comfortably and advanced to the semis.
Ok, that's all for now. I'm going to watch the Baseball game for as long as I can.
Also having a gold medal match on the 21st in the women's beach volleyball pair extraordinaire of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, who swept Brazil to play the winner of the other semi, which pits the two Chinese pairs against each other.
On the other side of the coin, the Men's Beach Volleyball pair of Gibb and Rosenthal were bumped out of medal contention, as well as Women's Field Hockey. So, for those of you keeping track at home:
Still alive: Baseball, Softball, Men's & Women's Basketball, Men's & Women's Beach Volleyball (1 team each), Women's Soccer, Men's & Women's Indoor Volleyball, Men's & Women's Water Polo.
Eliminated: Men's & Women's Beach Volleyball (1 team each), Women's Field Hockey, Men's Soccer
No team: Men's Field Hockey, Men's & Women's Handball
Later on this morning, Baseball looks to lock up a spot in the semifinals with a win over Taiwan (7 AM Eastern); Women's Basketball plays their quarterfinal against South Korea (8), which should not be competitive; and finally, Women's Indoor Volleyball has their quarterfinal against Italy (10).
In the sports where the US is not active: Men's Field Hockey wraps up the preliminaries this morning. The Netherlands and Australia appear to be the two teams to beat; they have played each other, and the game ended in a 2-2 draw, the only game either team failed to win outright. Women's Field Hockey goes straight to the semifinals, where Germany will play China and Argentina will play the Netherlands. The Krauts and the Dutch are apparently the two powerhouses there (the US women do have one more game remaining - the 7th place game against Spain at 11 PM Eastern tonight). The Men's Soccer Semis are taking place this morning. Nigeria and Belgium are playing now, Nigeria is up 1-0 as I write this, and Argentina will play Brazil in a game with a lot more than just a shot at Olympic Gold on the line. The Handball quarterfinals are just getting underway: Women's this morning, Men's tomorrow. France was the only unbeaten team in pool play on the Men's side, for the Women, Norway and Russia appear to be the powerhouses. In fact, Norway has already beaten Sweden comfortably and advanced to the semis.
Ok, that's all for now. I'm going to watch the Baseball game for as long as I can.
posted by k - L - g | 5:55 AM
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