It Never Rains But It Pours

Well, a drizzle anyways. After looking like Canada might never win a medal here, we "exploded" with 3 in one day. I happened to get home to the Media Village just in time to watch Carol Huynh win the Gold medal in Women's 48kg Freestyle Wrestling. Carol's win is considered an upset as she defeated the defending three-time world champion.

About 20 minutes later Tonya Verbeek took the Bronze in Womens 55kg Freestyle Wrestling. She had previously won a Silver in Athens.

Earlier in the day, Scott Frandsen and Dave Calder won Canada's first medal of the games, a Silver in Men's Pairs Rowing.

Also yesterday, Usain Bolt of Jamaica blew away the field and shattered the Men's 100m Final with a world record time of 9.69. He could have gone even faster, but stretched his arms out in victory with several yards remaining.

I'm sure all of this "news" is something that you've already heard back home, but other than Carol's Gold, which I was able to watch live at 5pm (5am back home), all of this was a surprises to me when I got in tonight at midnight.