200 Meter Butterfly Finals
Definitely one of the top events in the 2012 Olympics. The American swimmer Michael Phelps has been dominating this event for the past 10 years now, so evidently he was the favorite to win it all. Also, Phelps was trying to become the first athlete to win gold in the same event for three Olympic Games in a row. However, the South African Chad Le Clos, in one of the greatest come backs of swimming history, snagged the gold medal off of Phelps' neck. Le Clos made a late charge and won by five hundredths of a second, stunning the world. Chad Le Clos is 22 years old and is participating in his first Olympic Games ever.
1. Chad Le Clos (South Africa) - 1 minute 52.96 seconds
2. Michael Phelps (USA) - 1 minute 53.01 seconds
3. Takeshi Matsuda (Japan) - 1 minute 53.21 seconds
Brazil v Russia Women's Volleyball Quarterfinals
An incredible volleyball game, with two of the world's superpowers going toe to toe to stay alive in the competition. The 2008 gold medalists Brazil seemed as if they were going to succumb to the Russian giants after they lost the third set, but they came back in an amazing fashion. Brazil was having a hard time stopping the Russian giant Yekaterina Gamova (6 ft 8) and lost the first and third sets (24/26 and 19/25). However, after a huge win in the fourth set (25/22) and having won the second set (25/22) the Brazilian ladies took the game into the tie-breaking set. After an atrocious mistake made by the linesman in the tiebreaking set (a spike by a Brazilian player was clearly in but was called out), Brazil began to lose its momentum and compusre. Russia had six match points straight and they were all counter attacked by Sheila 6 straight times and then with two magical serves by Fernanda Garay, Brazil closed the game (21/19) and continued its run for second consecutive Olympic gold.
USA v Canada Women's Soccer Semifinals
Team USA and Canada provided to all in attendance at Old Trafford (The Theatre of Dreams) an amazing match. Canada's star Christine Sinclair scored three goals during the match, while Megan Rapinoe with 2, Abby Wambach, and Alex Morgan scored for the United States. The match went on to halftime with a 1-0 score for Canada, and the second half had a total of 5 goals all together. Every time the US would tie it up, Sinclair would score another goal to take the lead. However, after the 120th minute had gone by, Alex Morgan managed to score an incredible header and win the game for the United States 4-3.
The three events above are my top 3 in terms of entertainment and emotion. How about you? Was there a specific event in the Olympics that you felt should have made this cut?
1. Chad Le Clos (South Africa) - 1 minute 52.96 seconds
2. Michael Phelps (USA) - 1 minute 53.01 seconds
3. Takeshi Matsuda (Japan) - 1 minute 53.21 seconds
Brazil v Russia Women's Volleyball Quarterfinals
An incredible volleyball game, with two of the world's superpowers going toe to toe to stay alive in the competition. The 2008 gold medalists Brazil seemed as if they were going to succumb to the Russian giants after they lost the third set, but they came back in an amazing fashion. Brazil was having a hard time stopping the Russian giant Yekaterina Gamova (6 ft 8) and lost the first and third sets (24/26 and 19/25). However, after a huge win in the fourth set (25/22) and having won the second set (25/22) the Brazilian ladies took the game into the tie-breaking set. After an atrocious mistake made by the linesman in the tiebreaking set (a spike by a Brazilian player was clearly in but was called out), Brazil began to lose its momentum and compusre. Russia had six match points straight and they were all counter attacked by Sheila 6 straight times and then with two magical serves by Fernanda Garay, Brazil closed the game (21/19) and continued its run for second consecutive Olympic gold.
USA v Canada Women's Soccer Semifinals
Team USA and Canada provided to all in attendance at Old Trafford (The Theatre of Dreams) an amazing match. Canada's star Christine Sinclair scored three goals during the match, while Megan Rapinoe with 2, Abby Wambach, and Alex Morgan scored for the United States. The match went on to halftime with a 1-0 score for Canada, and the second half had a total of 5 goals all together. Every time the US would tie it up, Sinclair would score another goal to take the lead. However, after the 120th minute had gone by, Alex Morgan managed to score an incredible header and win the game for the United States 4-3.
The three events above are my top 3 in terms of entertainment and emotion. How about you? Was there a specific event in the Olympics that you felt should have made this cut?
The women's 10k swimming marathon was definitely one for the history books!
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