Instead I had to head back to Oxygen for more synchronized swimming. The Russian team totally killed it and it is just still amazing to watch these people getting so high out of the water. Maybe not as cool as eight guys on BMX bikes going up and down hills and smashing into each other, but you know, really amazing nonetheless.

The sickest sport I discovered during non-primetime viewing (OK, not even close, it aired about 3 AM) is open water swimming. I recorded it because I like sharks and that movie Open Water was good and had to see if this was like that. Well, there were no sharks, but there were some tough bitches swimming the equivalent of a marathon in the ocean, or some sort of channel. They were in the water for two hours. Now, I don't know about the rest of you all, but if I'm in the pool for more than 20 minutes my fingers start to get all shriveled, and my arms turn into jelly from trying not to drown. I cannot imagine swimming in water, with boats around me, and other people literally nipping at my feet. (They call it drafting, but it looked like they were out for blood.)

On regular viewing, we got to see Usain "I refuse to call him Lightning because it is stupid" Bolt win the 200m in world record pace. An impressive feat, to be sure, but the thing I like about this goofball (and it isn't the way he forms a lightning bolt with his arms because that's just annoying) is that he seems so calm before the races and then just goes out there and runs. And runs fast. Superhuman fast. It's nuts. Due to some weird technicalities about touching lines, two American dudes got medals too. I don't know, if I'm running around half-a-track in less than twenty seconds (which is never going to happen) I don't think I'd be able to spare a moment to look down to see if my feet were touching a painted white line, but I guess that's why it is a sport and not just random people running. Oh, and how come Michael Johnson is announcing for the BBC and not for NBC? We got to see his reaction to his record being smashed, courtesy of the stalker cam, but no opportunity to hear what he was thinking. Was he too expensive?

Then there were the women diving from the platform, I really do like this so much better than the springboard. It's just cooler to watch. And I'm sort of obsessed with the "Stromotion" thing (I dont' know why they call it that, and I can't be bothered at this point to find out) that they use here and in gymnastics. It makes it look like there's like eight of the athlete. Trippy.

And again there was little live, aside from the beach volleyball girls Misty May-Traenor and Kerri Walsh (who won gold at midnight). Then went on to tell the reporters that their next goal was to have kids. "We need babies!" Pretty much a direct quote. What, no trip to Disney World first? Oh, and whoever had the bright idea to put the US beach volleyball players in white bikinis was either a genius or an idiot. Because at some point during last night's rainy match, their suits were pretty much transparent. If the ratings are boosted, I'm guessing it was a smart move.

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