Olympic Update: Gymnastics

The finals of the High Bar. Absolutely jaw-droppingly thrilling! Perhaps the biggest highlight of the Games for me so far.

USA's Danell Leyva

Germany's Fabian Hambuechen

Epke Zonderland from the Netherlands 

Epke wins gold!

Olympics Update: Canoeing - Kim Wraae Knudsen

Kim Wraae Knudsen (b. 1977), Danish sprint canoer.

An Olympic Moment

Remember the good old days when athletes would compete in the nude? Yeah, I miss them, too.

Olympic Update: Diving

The finals of the 3m Springboard...

Troy Dumais 

Mexico's Yahel Castillo, who led for a few rounds

Russia's Ilya Zakharov

Troy

Matt Mitcham, gold medalist in the 10m platform four years ago, 

cheering for Ilya

My 2008 Olympic crush, Canada's Alex Despatie

Ilya

Great Britain's Chris Mears, who finished ninth, 

but gave the dive of his life (and one of the highest-scoring) 

in front of an adoring home crowd

Once again, China's strangle hold on diving gold is broken.

Ilya wins!

Olympic Update: Water Polo - USA vs. Croatia

FINAL SCORE

Croatia 8
USA 2

Another heart-breaking game.

Pre-game huddle

Team Croatia

 
I'm not quite sure what's going on here,
but I suspect it's meant to be offensive.

Just 'cause

Our first time out

Damir Buric

Ryan Bailey loses his hat

Paolo Obradovic

Unexpected Croatian pecs walk in front of the camera

The sinking spirits of Team USA

The confident Team Croatia 

 The final time out

 
Chay Lapin leads the way back to the bench for the final minutes of the game