Did anyone else stay up late and watch the Olympics last night too? I know I did! Watching Michael Phelps win his 10 gold medal with his eyes basically shut was spectacular. And watching him and his team win yet another gold medal by completing the 800 free relay in under 7 minutes smashing the old record was also i sight to see. But the real story is how the U.S. Women Gymnastics had the Gold Medal in there reach, and how they let it slip away. Alicia Sacramone crouched on the ground near the floor, her head buried in her hands, disbelief etched across her face. The Olympic gold medal was in the Americans' grasp, the title that would say, yes, they really are the world's best team. And they fumbled it away. With a fall off the beam here, a splat on the floor there and two more steps out of bounds Wednesday, the Americans all but personally handed the gold medals to the Chinese team and settled for silver. China's score of 188.9 points was more than two points ahead of the U.S., a blowout in a competition that was supposed to be decided by the slimmest of margins. "No one else made mistakes, so it's kind of my fault," Sacramone said, still trying to blink back the tears from her red-rimmed eyes. "I think everybody knows you always have good days and bad days. I just wish today was a good day."
"I am not disappointed at all," Johnson insisted. "We are human when it comes down to it. We make mistakes. And it came down to China had a better day today. Give us another day, we could probably come out on top." The truth is, the Americans wanted gold not silver.
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