Rowing
I watched a lot of rowing. It's a good thing to watch when you want to relax and not pay attention, because the races take forever. The bad part is that I was bored with it before the finals came. So many repechages! In fact, it became hard just to keep up with where the Americans stood every day.
- Venue: Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park
- The U.S. got bronze in the men's eight, failing to defend their Athens gold.
- The U.S. women's eight (with cox Mary Whipple), however, improved their Athens silver to gold! (That was delayed for primetime, so you knew had it to be good.)
- A single sculls silver for Michelle Guerette meant the U.S. did better overall than in Athens.