Day 4 - Tuesday July 31st

Hi everyone, it's Kristin again today but Ryan will return to the blog tomorrow!

Team Mark and Team Mad Hatter raked in lots of points today in swimming and gymnastics. Although Phelps was devastated to not have defended his title in his signature event, the 200 butterfly, the silver medal still meant 3 crucial points for Mad Hatter. The USA men's win in the 4 x 200 freestyle relay meant points for both Phelps and Team Mark's Ryan Lochte. In that same relay, China earned the bronze and one point for The Dream Team. Some swimmers that those of us on the bottom of the leader board are wishing we had picked up are Allison Schmitt of the USA who has earned a medal of every color and Ye Shiwen, a Chinese woman with two golds but also some doping accusations.

Moving on to other sports, the Fab Five were indeed fabulous in the women's gymnastics team final earning the gold for Mark, Alisha, and both Kristins. Diving medals in the women's synchronized platform were also earned by The Dream Team, The Cheerios, and The Tony Danzas.

In spite of earning no points today, Closet Russian Womens Basketball Fan still has a lead of 4 points over second place Team Mark, but tied for third, Fish and Chips of Gold and Mad Hatter are just 1 point behind.

I hope all of you are enjoying watching the games as much as Ryan and I are! We would probably enjoy it just a little bit more if we were not ranked last and close to it.... but the DeBoards are just counting on the Russians to bolster our Olympic scores- Ryan in his rhythmic gymnast and I in synchronized swimming! Good luck tomorrow everyone, it's already morning in London!