Posted on 08/11/2008 6:39:43 AM PDT by KansasGirl
From where the other three members of this relay team stood, they watched along with everyone else inside the Water Cube as Lezak -- self-described "late-bloomer," a 32-year-old graybeard in a peachfuzz sport -- hauled off after Bernaird, the chatty Frenchmen, for what was surely a fruitless pursuit, what was sure to be a prophesy fulfilled.
After all, it was Bernard who'd proclaimed defiantly in the days leading up to this showdown: "The Americans? We're going to smash them. That's what we came here for."
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Hey France, how did that taste? U-S-A! U-S-A!!
It was great.
Even the locals got into it.
LOL....I was standing in front of my tv cheering them on as well.........LOVED lesak’s finish! he was awesome!
"Would you like some Freedom Fries to go with that crow?"
did you see the underwater footage of the frog looking over to see lesak pass him by? great video!
My my! Not so overzealous little Frenchy!
That was so fantastic .. my hooting woke up my sleeping husband .. then got such an adrenelin rush, I couldn’t sleep till past 3a!
Does this have anything to do with the contemptable Fred Phelps aka God hates XXXs?
it was a great race, pure drama ... Lezak was still visibly behind with only a few ft. to the wall, but then he just kicked in and ... what? maybe a finger length difference in the finish? WOW ....!!!
The look reminded me of a look one gets when someone slaps a 2x4 to the one's forehead.
I would like to see a new politically incorrect Olympics. No girls trying to play boys games and some new events like the “Quick Draw”,... Polar Bear Hunt... Oil drilling, and Tree Cutting. Anyone got any other events you would like to see.
This was one of my favorite Olympic events ever. I think it was so much more fun because the French had been trash talkin’. The look on the faces on the French was priceless.
I was yelling at the TV like it was the Bears scoring a final second TD against the Packers.
My son and I were jumping and yelling too.
I was slightly disappointed that during the playing of the National Anthem I didn't see a single one of our guys mouthing the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" at all. I always enjoy seeing our athletes singing their national anthem on the medal stand as it is played.
The sheer joy that you saw on Phelps’ and the rest of the teams face when they saw they won is what makes the Olympics great.
Deer Dressing, a timed event.
Gator wrestling with team Louisiane
lawn mowing
Tree trimming without a net or safety line
Yes, it was so awesome!! I couldn’t believe it. Watching how excited outr guys were was so cool. Also, in the interview afterwards one of our guys referred to them as the Frenchies!! Ha ha! That cracked me up. SO NOT PC!!
Deer dressing is in...good one.
Yes, I thought we had lost it and when he started passing him, I couldn’t believe my eyes!
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