Well students welcome back to class. Today we are going to
talk about the Olympics. It’s a wonderful subject to talk about ad we only
really get to discuss it every 2 years or so. This year we had plenty of
storylines to lead us into the London edition of the games. You had the Olympic
Gymnastics team wondering how good they really were. You had the battle in the
water between reigning Olympic hero Michael Phelps and up and coming Ryan
Lochte. You had the grand debate of Team USA vs the original Dream Team who
could beat up on the rest of the world better. And coming out of this years
Olympics you have even better ones that we will cover today…
1.USA Woman’s
Soccer takes Gold over Japan: After a hard fought victory to get into
the Gold Medal game. The US Womens Soccer team met an old rival for the Gold
Medal in London. The entire country held its breath as the Women went about
doing what they could not due at the last World Cup and beat the Japanese women
2-1 behind 2 goals from F Carla Lloyd. This was the US teams 3rd
straight gold medal in the Olympics. So definitely a huge win and medal pickup
for the US…
2. Ryan Lochte vs
Michael Phelphs (ones coming up while one is bowing out after an amazing
career!): Coming into the London Olympics Michael Phelps was already pretty much the most decorated
Olympic athlete of this generation. Michael and Ryans paths had crossed many
times with Michael coming out the victor most times. But to start this years Olympiad Michael
failed to medal in a race that Ryan took Gold in, And it looked as if the torch
was being passed. Then came the relay events and in one particular even Lochte
shows that the relay wasn’t his strongest event losing to another swimmer in
the final leg of a match in which the US dominated. Then Michael Phelps decided
to show up and out of his next 6 events he medaled in like 4-5 taking home 2
more Gold Medals. And bringing his career medals total to 22 (18 Gold). Proving
yet again that Michael Phelps is not only the most decorated but the best
swimmer of our generation…
3. Gabriel Douglas
and the Fabulous 4 Gymnastics team (Jordyn Wieber,McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross,
Alexandra Raisman) win Gold: In
what was by far the shocker of the 2012 London Olympics The US Olympic
Gymnastics team did not come in as the favorites to take the Gold Medal in
their events. But they came in with a lot of heart and a lot of faith in
themselves. Bringing home 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 bronze in the Gymnastics
events at the Summer Olympics. This is the best that the US has done in the
past couple of Olympics. The great thing about it is that these girls are still
young and may compete to bring home more medals in 2016 and 2020. So keep your
eyes on Gymnastics because they are destine to make America Proud,,,
Kids
these are only a few of the stories that we have to cover this Olympics so we
will definitely be revisiting this subject tomorrow. We will be covering the
Mens and Womans USA basketball team and their hunt for Gold also the overall
medal count and the US’s success over the past couple of Olympics. Lots to
cover so make sure you get plenty of sleep. Till then…Class is dismissed…
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