Gold medal for Nathan!

Yes, the trip was a success and Nathan’s come away with a gold medal in the 4×100free relay for the States. Did I also mention a world record? But Nathan swam the opening leg in the prelims in fine fashion, helping his team out as the fastest qualifier into the finals. Unfortunately, the record only held up until that time, where a few other guys were subbed in to give more people a chance at the gold. If you guys have missed it, it was a swim for the ages. For the details check out this summary from NBC.
[Read more →]

comments finally working again..

Just finally got my comments to work again by disabling the WP-Captcha Free plugin. Thanks to Sherwin for alerting me!

Day 1 in Beijing for the Olympics

Even before I’ve had a chance to write about my trip to Switzerland, I’m in BJ already with my relatives and friend. It’s been a nutty day so far with trips to the Square, the Forbidden Palace, and being hours removed from the site where the US tourist was killed. Right now, I’m at an internet station set up by BoA. Very kind of them to do so. Tonight, hopefully a Speedo-sponsored party….