Following the Games!

This is most likely the best thing I have done these vacations. I had mentioned in my previous blog that joining the Data structures course was the best thing.. But seriously, getting up early n attending the classes in this season is the hardest thing to do. Just one week remaining for the college to start & I am completely thrilled to attend the classes afresh. I will be entering the branch this time & I really donno wat to expect either from the seniors or the professors.
I was talking bout the Olympic Games at the start of my blog & I better come back to that. I have never ever followed the Games in this way before. I had to follow the games this time coz I had my vacations going on.. I had no better job to do than this!
So, the Games started exactly on 8th August at 08:08:08 pm! The opening ceremony, as I mentioned in my previous blog, was stunning! But later the news reports suggested that the Games opening ceremony was FAKED!! Can you believe that?!
Shooting was the 1st event of the games. Indian shooters Anjali Bhagwat & Avneet Kaur Sidhu were participating in this event. Frankly speaking, no1 had any hopes on them & every1 got it right. Some Czech player won the event & became the 1st player to get GOLD in the Beijing Olympics. I usually don’t follow any athlete in Olympics but this time I was following some1.. It was Michael Phelps. There was so much hype bout him winning the 8 golds. And I had, to some extent, followed him in 2004 Olympics. So, I had some feeling that he wud make it this time around. Here’s wat many athletes did which no1 expected..

1. Michael Phelps

The Phenomenal Phelps! 8 gold medals in a single Olympiad.. Superb! Michael Phelps conquered the pool by winning 5 Individual events[100m & 200m Butterfly, 200m & 400m Medley, 200m Freestyle] & 3 team events[4x100 Freestyle, 4x200m freestyle, 4x100 medley] & breaking the world record in 7 events. It was fantastic! The best race I saw was the 4x100m event where USA’s Jason Lezak stole the show by swimming the stunning last 100m to give Phelps his 4th gold. Phelps had become the Gr8est Olympian ever!

2. Abhinav Bindra

None of us had any hopes on this guy. Every news channel had hopes on Rathore, Gagan Narang & Manavjit Sandhu. Abhinav Bindra was quiet until he won the Gold in 10m Air Rifle event. Fabulous performance from the 25 yr old Chandigarh boy gave India its 1st ever gold medal in the Olympics. News channels went wild, newspapers printed his photos on every page & India had got a new hero! This was the best Independence Day gift for all the Indians!

3. Usain Bolt
“Lightning Bolt” as he’s called ran 100m in an INCREDIBLE 9.69 sec to become the Fastest man on Earth. He was the world record holder before coming into the games & I had some hopes that he wud win it this time. And he did! Probably, this was the best 10 seconds of my life! It was breath-taking!

4. Yelena Isinbaeva

Arguably the world’s best women Pole Vaulter had to do something out of the world thing to silence the media & her opponents. She created history by clearing the 5.05m barrier in the pole vault event. It was spectacular. She has an amazing 24 world records to her name & I think it won’t end here!

Those were the 4 athletes who stole the show at the Olympics.
China was amazing in Badminton, Weightlifting, Gymnastics & Archery.
African nations won the long distance running events as they have been doing from many years.
In general, China is expected to top the medal tally. I am hoping that India wins a medal in boxing.
That’s it for this time. Its 12.30am. Night! Night!