Claressa Shields @Claressashields
Haaaa! I got a billboard in my city! Ain't that nice!http://instagr.am/p/OK7pEJIak_/
9:20 PM - 10 Aug 12
Vaughts' Views @vaughtsviews
And to think @AtoBoldon took time to come to Centre College in Danville in June to work with 100 kids knowing Olympics were coming up.Classy
9:56 PM - 10 Aug 12
Steve Moss @smosswkyt
Who needs the Spice Girls or Olympic closing ceremonies? It's UK and Lousiville, the Final Four game! Big Blue Encore on Sun 9-11 CWKYT!
11:44 AM - 10 Aug 12
Samuel L. Jackson @SamuelLJackson
Women's Hammer Throw! How many windups, how many spins? How do you not get Dizzy?!
12:21 AM - 11 Aug 12
Philipp Zeller @phz25
The day of the "Finale Grande" is here: Gold medal match GER-NED...Support us at the Riverbank Arena+your screen!Let's get it on!#wirfuerd
2:10 AM - 11 Aug 12
USATF @USATrack_Field
So excited to see Bryshon Nellum be selected as the closing ceremonies flag bearer for #TeamUSA
2:39 AM - 11 Aug 12
The Doctor @AccioHenryAFC
@USATrack_Field I'd have asked the man who broke his leg and still ran
2:41 AM - 11 Aug 12
London 2012 @London2012
Pic: Here's the cover of our #London2012 daily programme for Day 15, featuring a gold medal stare! pic.twitter.com/9i2C51aq
2:56 AM - 11 Aug 12
Previous reports:
-- watching opening day and the opening ceremony (July 27)
-- watching Day 1 and the men's cycling road race (July 28)
-- watching Day 4, a men's basketball update, badminton jive, "culture war" jive, end-of-day OES and end-of-day EOES (July 31)
-- watching Day 6, men's basketball update, end-of-day OES and end-of-day EOES (Aug. 2)
-- watching Day 7, end-of-day OES and end-of-day EOES (Aug. 3)
-- watching Day 10, men's basketball update, end-of-day OES, end-of-day EOES and 2008-2012 OES comparison (Aug. 6)
-- watching Day 11, boxing sadness, end-of-day OES and end-of-day EOES (Aug. 7)
-- watching Day 12, end-of-day OES and end-of-day EOES (Aug. 8)--
-- watching Day 13 and end-of-day OES (Aug. 9)
-- watching Day 14, Isaiah 40 and end-of-day OES (Aug. 10)
Georgia Gould of Baltimore is in third place in the women's mountain-bike race at the moment, and I wouldn't dare watch.
ReplyDeleteWomen's mountain bike medals: France gold, Germany silver, United States bronze. Congratulations, Georgia Gould! Here are her recipes for energy bars:
DeleteFruit-Seed Energy Bars
-grease a 9×11 glass baking dish
1c rice crispies
1c rolled oats
1c sunflower seeds
1c pumpkin seeds
1c goji berries (these are kind of spendy, but you can sub any dried fruit or nuts)
1/2c raisins
1/2c dried cherries
1/2c unsweetened shredded coconut
-mix in a big bowl
1c smooth almond butter
1c brown rice syrup or barley malt syrup
-heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, until hot and well mixed (should only take a few minutes)
-pour over dry ingredients and mix well (work quickly because as it starts to cool, it will be harder to work with)
-pour everything into greased pan and press down evenly (spray a little cooking spray or oil on your hand to prevent sticking)
-really make sure to pack it down well, otherwise your bars might not hold together
-optional: sprinkle the whole thing with sea salt
-chill for at least one hour (preferably 2-3) before cutting into squares
-I run a butter knife around the outside of the dish and then flip it over onto a cutting board so I can cut the whole thing in squares more easily
Super Peanutty Chocolate Chip Bars
-grease a 9×11 glass baking dish
2c rice crispies
2c rolled oats
1c peanuts (I use salted)
3/4-1c chocolate chips
-mix together in a big bowl
1c smooth natural-style peanut butter
1c brown rice syrup
1tbsp coconut oil (you can sub butter, or leave it out, but I think it helps with texture)
-heat over medium heat, stirring frequently, until hot and well mixed
-combine peanut butter mixture with dry mixture until well mixed
-pour into greased baking dish, press down firmly and evenly, sprinkle with salt (if you like, or leave it out)
-chill at least one hour, preferable 2-3hrs
-cut into squares
Chocolate Coconut Bars
2c rice crispies
2c rolled oats
1c dried cherries
1c shredded unsweetened coconut
1/2-1c chocolate chips
1c brown rice syrup
2/3c coconut manna (I found it a Whole Foods, but you can find it online here)
1/3c almond butter
Other stuff I'm not watching today for the good of my country:
ReplyDelete-- 9:20 a.m. resumption of the men's modern pentathlon, with Dennis Bowsher of Dallas currently in 18th
-- 11 a.m.: Maria Michta of Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., competing in the women's 20km walk
-- 12:30 p.m.: Brazil vs. the United States for women's volleyball gold
-- 2:30 p.m.: Chapel Hill's Nick McCrory in men's 10m platform diving
-- 3 p.m.: United States vs. France for women's basketball gold
More nots with Americans ...
Delete-- now: men's 185-pound freestyle wrestling, with Jake Herbert of Pittsburgh fighting a dude from Azerbaijan in the quarterfinals
-- any minute now: men's 132-pound freestyle wrestling, with Coleman Scott of Waynesburg, Pa., fighting a dude from Azerbaijan in the semifinals
-- 11:45 a.m. Central: men's freestyle 264.5-pound wrestling, with native Bulgarian Tervel Diagnev of Arlington, Texas, fighting either a dude from Germany or a dude from Iran for bronze
-- 1 p.m. Central: women's high jump
-- 1:30 p.m.: men's 5000m run
-- 2 p.m.: women's 800m
-- 2:25 p.m.: women's 4x400m relay
-- 3 p.m.: men's 4x100m relay, with Lexington's Tyson Gay running for Team USA
Azerbaijan won both of those wrestling matches.
DeleteHmmm.
Coleman Scott is now in the 132-pound, bronze-medal repechage wingding, which is scheduled to start at 11:45.
Jake Herbert now has to root for his Azerbaijani conqueror to win an in-progress match with a guy from Iran, in order for Herbert to get a repechage, bronze chance at 185 pounds.
Herbert's Azerbaijani won, so that means our man from Pittsburgh will be repechagering at 11:45, as well. So, to summarize ... three wrestling weight classes ... three Americans, two from Pennsylvania, one from Bulgaria ... two need to win twice for bronze, one just once ... two Azerbaijanis* going for gold (ahem).
DeleteMen's 132-pound freestyle wrestling: Azerbaijan gold, Russia silver, India and United States bronze. Hooray for Coleman Scott!
DeleteJake Herbert was eliminated from medal contention in his first repechage match.
DeleteBrazil is the defending gold medalist in women's volleyball, and the United States has never won gold in the sport. However, Team USA is currently the world's top-ranked team--ahead of No. 2 Brazil.
ReplyDeleteMedals today ...
ReplyDeleteMen's 50km walk: Russia gold, Australia silver, China bronze. An American finished 43rd.
Women's Elliott 6m sailing: Spain gold, Australia silver, Finland bronze. The United States lost to Finland in the quarterfinals.
Men's K-2 200m kayaking: Russia gold, Belarus silver, Great Britain bronze. No Americans competed in the final heats.
Rhythmic gymnastics: Russia gold, Russia silver, Belarus silver. An American finished 21st.
Men's soccer: Mexico gold, Brazil silver, South Korea bronze. The United States failed to qualify for the tournament.
Men's K-1 200m kayaking: Great Britain gold, Spain silver, Canada bronze. An American finished 15th.
Women's 20km walk: Russia gold, Russia silver, China bronze. Maria Michta finished 29th.
Women's K-1 200m kayaking: New Zealand gold, Ukraine silver, Hungary bronze. No U.S. athlete competed in the final heats.
Men's modern pentathlon: Czech Republic gold, China silver, Hungary bronze. David Bowsher finished 32nd.
Dennis Bowsher--sorry.
DeleteBronze medals in women's ...
ReplyDeleteBasketball: Australia (83-74 over Russia)
Field hockey: Australia (3-1 over Great Britain)
Handball: Spain (31-29 over South Korea)
Volleyball: Japan (3-0 over South Korea)
Medals count:
ReplyDelete1. United States 41 gold, 26 silver, 29 bronze
2. China 37, 26, 21
3. Great Britain 26, 15, 18
4. Russian 19, 24, 28
5. South Korea 13, 7, 7
6. Germany 10, 19, 14
7. France 10, 9, 12
8. Hungary 8, 4, 5
9. Australia 7, 16, 12
10. Italy 7, 6, 8
11. Netherlands 6, 5, 8
12. Kazakhstan 6, 0, 4
13. Japan 5, 14, 17
14. New Zealand 5, 3, 5
15. Iran 4, 5, 1
16. Ukraine 4, 2, 9
17. North Korea 4, 0, 2
18. Spain 3, 9, 4
19. Belarus 3, 4, 5
20. Jamaica 3, 4, 3
21. Cuba 3, 3, 4
22. Czech Republic 3, 3, 3
23. South Africa 3, 1, 1
24. Ethiopia 3, 0, 3
25. Romania 2, 5, 2
26. Denmark 2, 4, 3
27. Brazil 2, 3, 8
28. Kenya 2, 3, 3
29. Poland 2, 2, 6
30. Turkey 2, 2, 1
31. Croatia 2, 1, 1
32. Switzerland 2, 1, 0
33. Canada 1, 5, 12
34. Colombia 1, 3, 4
35. Sweden 1, 3, 3
36. Mexico 1, 3, 2
37. Azerbaijan 1, 2, 5
38. Georgia 1, 2, 2
39. Argentina 1, 1, 2
39. Lithuania 1, 1, 2
39. Slovenia 1, 1, 2
42. Norway 1, 1, 1
42. Tunisia 1, 1, 1
44. Dominican Republic 1, 1, 0
45. Ireland 1, 0, 3
46. Latvia 1, 0, 1
47. Algeria 1, 0, 0
47. Bahamas 1, 0, 0
47. Grenada 1, 0, 0
47. Venezuela 1, 0, 0
51. Egypt 0, 2, 0
52. India 0, 1, 4
53. Mongolia 0, 1, 3
53. Slovakia 0, 1, 3
55. Armenia 0, 1, 2
55. Belgium 0, 1, 2
57. Bulgaria 0, 1, 1
57. Estonia 0, 1, 1
57. Finland 0, 1, 1
57. Indonesia 0, 1, 1
57. Malaysia 0, 1, 1
57. Serbia 0, 1, 1
57. Thailand 0, 1, 1
57. Taipei 0, 1, 1
65. Botswana 0, 1, 0
65. Cyprus 0, 1, 0
65. Guatemala 0, 1, 0
65. Portugal 0, 1, 0
69. Uzbekistan 0, 0, 3
70. Greece 0, 0, 2
70. Moldova 0, 0, 2
70. Qatar 0, 0, 2
70. Singapore 0, 0, 2
70. Trinidad and Tobago 0, 0, 2
75. Afghanistan 0, 0, 1
75. Bahrain 0, 0, 1
75. Hong Kong 0, 0, 1
75. Saudi Arabia 0, 0, 1
75. Kuwait 0, 0, 1
75. Morocco 0, 0, 1
75. Puerto Rico 0, 0, 1
75. Tajikistan 0, 0, 1
Men's 185-pound freestyle wrestling: Azerbaijan gold, Puerto Rico silver, Georgia and Iran bronze.
ReplyDeleteURGH! The United States wins the first set, 25-11, against Brazil in the women's volleyball final but loses three straight sets: 25-17, 25-20 and 25-17. Brazil repeats as Olympic gold medalist, and, presumably, Team USA loses its No. 1 world ranking.
ReplyDeleteIn the not-Olympic men's golf tournament, American Tiger Woods is 2-over through six holes today, and the new top of the leaderboard goes ...
ReplyDelete1. Rory McIlroy, Team GB, 7-under
2. Adam Scott, Australia, and Vijay Singh, Fiji, 5-under
Through three rounds:
Delete1. Rory McIlroy, Team GB, 6-under
1. Vijay Singh, Fiji, 6-under
3. Adam Scott, Australia, 5-under
4. Carl Pettersson, Sweden, 4-under
5. Bo Van Pelt, United States, 3-under
5. Trevor Immelman, South Africa, 3-under
American Tiger tumbles to 1-under.
Men's 264.5-pound freestyle wrestling: Uzbekistan gold, Georgia silver, Iran and Russia bronze. Bulgarian-American Tervel Diagnev loses in the semifinals and again in the bronze-medal repechage.
ReplyDeleteMen's javelin throw: Trinidad and Tobago gold, Ukraine silver, Finland bronze. No American was involved in the final.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, T&T's Keshorn Walcott won this event with a mark of 84.58 meters. And congratulations to Keshorn Walcott for that.
The world record for javelin is 16.4 percent greater than today's gold-medal-winning throw--98.48 meters, by Czech Jan Železný. Per Wikipedia:
Železný won the gold at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympic Games and silver in the 1988 Olympics as well as three World Championship titles; in 1993, 1995 and 2001. Because of his achievements he is widely considered to be the greatest javelin thrower ever.
Železný holds the world record, at 98.48 metres (323 ft 1 in) set in 1996, and the World Championships record of 92.80 m, set in 2001. As of 10 August 2012, Železný has made 35 of the total 80 throws over 90 meters, while second place on the list is shared by Andreas Thorkildsen and Aki Parviainen by eight throws over 90 meters each. Železný is also the only athlete to throw more than 94 meters with the new type of javelin, something he achieved five times.
Wikipedia goes on to say that the 46-year-old Železný now coaches Vitezslav Vesely of the Czech Republic. Vesely today finished fourth.
Men's field hockey: Germany gold, Netherlands silver, Australia bronze.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Team USA has won the women's basketball gold. France takes silver (Australia claimed bronze).
ReplyDeleteTwo more golds today--getting the Team USA within one of its high-water mark for gold medals at an Olympics outside the United States.
ReplyDeleteMen's 10m platform diving: United States gold, China silver, Great Britain bronze. Well done, David Boudia of Noblesville, Ind.!
Women's 4x400m relay: United States gold, Russia silver, Jamaica bronze.
Also, Lexington Lafayette General Tom Hammond calls Lexington Lafayette General Tyson Gay's winning a silver medal with the men's 4x100 relay team. Jamaica gold, United States silver, Trinidad and Tobago bronze. Congratulations, Tyson Gay!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, too, to Brigetta Barrett of Duncanville, Texas, who takes silver in the women's high jump (Russia gold, United States silver, Russia bronze). Says NBC: "Barrett wrote and produced the first ever black history month play on the campus of the University of Arizona. She writes poetry and blogs on natural hair care. At the Olympic Trials, she found herself on both sides of the mixed zone as she spent her first week interviewing fellow athletes for her blog, Born2BGreat. ... She is majoring in theater arts with a minor in creative writing at the University of Arizona."
ReplyDeleteWomen's 800m: Russia gold, South Africa silver, Russia bronze. American Alysia Johnson Montano finished fifth.
ReplyDeleteMen's 5000m: Great Britain gold, Ethiopia silver, Kenya bronze. Bernard Lagat of the United States finished fourth; Galen Rupp, seventh.