With swimming finals on one channel, artistic gymnastics preliminaries on another and tennis preliminaries on a third, I am truly spoilt for choice.
Michael Phelps took his first gold medal in the 400m Individual Medley earlier and I’m now so excited I can barely sit still. He did it in world record time, but I’m sure it’s only the first of many records to be rewritten. For Michael, the biggest record, of course, is the eight gold haul he’s hoping for.
President George Bush is in the stands with his wife Laura, daughter Barbara and his dad. He’s just as excited as everyone else. I like how the Olympics gives the world something good and different to obsess over for 16 days.
Korea just won their first ever Olympic gold medal in the pool – the hero is 18-year-old Park Tae-hwan in the men’s 400m Freestyle. I think the woman in pink sobbing tears of joy is his mother.
There are tears in Michael’s eyes as the American national anthem is played, his first Beijing gold medal around his neck. But the song stops abruptly before it ends and the Americans look around, wondering what is going on. Did someone in the audio room stuff up?
