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Iraq played Italy in an emotional Bronze Medal game in Soccer. The teams exchanged condolences over the death of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni by extremists in Iraq. The Italian players wore black armbands in memory of Baldoni...Italy won 1-0...Iraq may have been shut out of a medal but not of the world's hearts...The traditional jersey exchanges after the game may prove to be very valuable for the Italian players...history has been made...the human spirit and the power of sport is exemplified.
Argentina defeats USA in basketball...LeBron James pre-Olympic guarantee of Gold reminded me of boxer Duane Bocick guaranteeing Gold in 1972...ABC in its recap played Blood,Sweat & Tears "Spinning Wheel" line "Someone is waiting just for you..." referring to Cuban legend Teofilo Stevenson who crushed Bobick in their match...the world is now waiting for Team USA in basketball
Great moments in Jim Lampley - He had a bit of trouble pronouncing Markopolo Equestrian Center...mistaking where to put the accent
Touching close to the daytime show...the Canoeing Pairs 1000m Medal Ceremony...The German Gold Medalists honoring teammate Tomas Areska who had succumbed to leukemia earlier this year
Olympic Moments with Jimmy Roberts - The spirit of the games -Pakistan's Rubat Raja only 13 years old, first female swimmer for that country, condemned by many hard-line mullahs for exposing her body (her swimsuit is pretty modest compared to others); Oksana Tchutchuvitna of Uzbekistan 29 years old in her second Olympics, competed in sydney only 6 months after giving birth (talk about a woman in a little girls sport!!); Walter Hermann, Argentinian basketball player, sister, mother, and fiance were killed in an auto crash July 18, 2003, scored 38 points in the South American championship game on July 18, 2004, only to learn that his father died of a heart attack that same day...
Pole Vault Physics lesson by NBC and Dwight Stones - 20.1 mph sprint, 17 ft pole, weighing 7 lb, the kinetic energy of the run combined with the potential energy of the pole propels the athlete upwards, 30 degree angle of the plant, the bend of the pole lasts 0.4 seconds, the greater the bend , the greater the height, wolrd record by Sergei Bubka (UKR) 20 ft 1 3/4 inches on 7/30/94, fall into the pit at 23.9 mph, it is like running down a street and vaulting into a second story window...
"...which is why Dwight Stones was a high jumper instead of a pole vaulter..." - Tom Hammond
Matt Helm (AUS) still diving...I guess he never went back to spying :>)
A little boy with a future...Diver Bryan Nickson (MAS) only 14 years old is less than 5 ft tall and weight only about 86 lb...finished just out of the finals on the platform
Buena Vista sight...full orange moon over Athens
USA 4x100m relay team doing the Visa commercial where the athletes don't have all the equipment...they should have done the Bud Light low carb commercial, where the baton exchanges were clean.
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