Caught in Olympics Spirit

For me, being ethnically Russian, born in Lithuania, holding Belarusian passport and living in Australia with a flatmate of chinese origin - Olympics is definitely the event to watch :)

I find myself supporting obviously Russian team most of times - as I am russian, and also there are simply so many sports Russia competes, and wins in :) I'm also going passionately for Belarus (but it gives less reasons to hooray), and very glad to see Australia win, too (convenient, isn't it :)

I check medal rankings every day, and several times; have TV on Channel 7 most of time at home; watch TV streaming at the chill-out room at work... (in fact so engaged that couldn't stop myself from writing the post just an hour after the last entry, after weeks of silence :)

Minutes ago I was jumping up and down on the couch screaming "go!!!" as Russian team of women 400mx4 running relay almost took gold (silver at the end). And just seconds later was awing looking at a stunning performance of Evgenia Kanaeva in women rhythmic gymnastics all around (artistic gymastics with a rope, ribbon etc). It's probably the most beautiful sport in Olympics...

By the way, results hot from the spot - this rhythmic gymnastics medals are:

gold - Russia (Evgenia Kanaeva) about her
silver - Belarus (my surname 'tezka' -Inna Zhukova!) about her
bronze - Ukraine (Anna Bessonova)

See - all three places are taken by the very Eastern European slavic 'sister' countries!! :) (yes, this is what people inside those countries call themselves, despite all governmental conflicts)

And 7 out of 10 finalists are representatives of ex-USSR countries; a testament to the strength Soviet sports system had... (I constantly hear commentators on TV saying that many athletes around the world, especially US and Europe, are trained by ex-USSR champions now living overseas)

Very proud for all three girls, go we! :)

Olympic Games rock