Natalie Coughlin #1 in swimming (she's my daughter's best friend's cousin).

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Originally Posted by J_9

Natalie Coughlin #1 in swimming (she's my daughter's best friend's cousin).

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WOW
Your right J she is a great swimmer , so have you met her? I remember reading somewhere that her Mother was Filipino and she could have swum for them. That very well could have gotten them their first GOLD ever.

I haven't met her. As a matter of fact, her cousin recently moved to the school district. Hope to meet her soon.

The filipino part, that would explain my daughter's friend's exotic eyes. She is really beautiful.

Here's an article if your interested...

Natalie Coughlin: The ‘gold’ that got away - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Very interesting, thank you...

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Originally Posted by J_9

Very interesting, thank you...

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Pleasure :)

We just won gold in the women's 200 metre relay! Yessss! Yiiihaa!!

Yeah just watched it... the girls in our office were all jumping and screaming over that last 50 metres :)

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Originally Posted by J_9

Natalie Coughlin #1 in swimming (she's my daughter's best friend's cousin).

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Phelps is just awesome!

USA Swimming - Events

There's a photo of Coughlin in there as well...

Couldn't help being disappointed Hacket not winning his third consecutive Gold Olympic medal for the mens 1500m... the Tunisian seemed to have come out of nowhere. Winning Silver is still pretty amazing, though. Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jess Schipper and Libby Trickett winning Gold in the 4x100m relay soon afterwards made up for it though :-)

How good were the rowers on Friday! Two Gold and a Silver in a row! That was nice to see :-)

and Phelps, geez... can't help but be impressed with his 7 Gold Olympic medals!

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Originally Posted by frangipanis

Couldn't help being disappointed Hacket not winning his third consecutive Gold Olympic medal for the mens 1500m... the Tunisian seemed to have come out of nowhere. Winning Silver is still pretty amazing, tho. Emily Seebohm, Leisel Jones, Jess Schipper and Libby Trickett winning Gold in the 4x100m relay soon afterwards made up for it though :-)

How good were the rowers on Friday! Two Gold and a Silver in a row!! That was nice to see :-)

and Phelps, geez... can't help but be impressed with his 7 Gold Olympic medals!

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Actually 8 GOLD for Phelps now FP... amazing swimmer!!

A legend... 8 GOLD is as many as we have a nation so far, so it's just as well he's now stopped :-)

Michael Phelps: Life in the fast lane - The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Doubled up on posts... oh well.

I'll be watching out for Katherine Bate's race this evening:
Katherine Bates | The Australian

Gold and Bronze in the Ladies Triathlon FP

Shucks! Missed the finish of the triathlon... I'll have to wait for the replays... never quite as good though, eh. But wooohoooo!! We're the best!! :))))