Positive Energy - Olympics highlights, Day 7

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Olympics highlights, Day 7

Top highlight: Phelps’ amazing come-from-behind victory in the 100m butterfly, which almost defies explanation. Whereas the US victory in the 4x100 free relay was incredible, this one was… well, mystifying.

Other highlights:

The US women’s soccer 2-1, extra-time quarterfinal victory over Canada. I woke at 3am Pacific to see this live, and then endured a 90-minute lightning delay invoked 15 minutes into the match. (I set my alarm 45 minutes forward, slept, woke up, saw that it was still delayed, repeated the process, and woke up again to find the match late in the first half.)
Rebecca Adlington (from the UK) winning the 800m freestyle, breaking the oldest world record in swimming (previously set by Janet Evans in 1989).
Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry continuing her outstanding Olympics by winning the women’s 200m backstroke and breaking the world record. She might be the star of the swimming competition if it weren’t for Michael Phelps.
A big upset for the US men’s water polo team, upsetting the top-ranked Croatian team 7-5.

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