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THU- Moving files from Mom and Dad's, Shredding, Snacks with Stacy, Olympics

I spent the early afternoon with Dad moving files from their home, shredding old papers, then met up with Stacy for milkshakes and sweet potato fries and illuminating conversation.  I had a late dinner and watched the Olympics on NBC.

First was the story of the USA swimmers who were stopped at the Rio airport.  Turns out Ryan Lochte, et al. may have fabricated the whole robbery report.  See the post just prior to this one for a link.  Second was a story with Bob Costas playing ping pong against a 16-year-old Team USA opponent-- and beating him!
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/ping-pong-prodigy-bob-costas-plays-olympian-kanak-jha?chrcontext=WCAU&extpar=rio20

Ashton Eaton of Team USA handily won gold in the decathlon.  His wife, Canadian Brianne Theisen-Eaton, was the bronze medal winner in the women's heptathlon earlier in the week.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/olympics/2016/live-updates/rio-games/scores-and-latest-news/ashton-eaton-makes-decathlon-history-with-back-to-back-olympic-golds/?tid=ss_mail

In the women's 100m hurdles (a fun but tough event), Team USA swept up all three medals, a first for Team USA:
http://www.sportingnews.com/athletics/news/rio-olympics-2016-us-sweep-100m-hurdles-final-brianna-rollins-nia-ali-kristi-castlin/1vwqvwnmcc3la1dr2rrn7c0q29
Two USA men took the top two slots in the shot put tonight.

Usain Bolt won the men's 200m final dash.  See
http://time.com/4458621/usain-bolt-200-meters-gold-rio-2016-olympics/
He blessed himself, Holy Spirit, Father, and Son before the race and knelt down after the race, and crossed himself again, Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti.  In his interview with NBC his Miraculous Mary medal was clearly visible.  So refreshing to see someone showing their strong, positive beliefs.

The four USA women relay team (4X 100m) filed to rerun their heat because a Brazilian runner interfered with Allyson Felix's clear hand-off to her teammate English Gardner during the original heat:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/olympics/rio-olympics-usa-women-re-run-4x100-meter-relay-alone-pictures-1.12195791
Allyson had the wherewithal to encourage the team to finish the race.  With their freshly-run time, they qualify for running the finals later.

posted by Grace @ 8/18/2016 10:45:00 PM