Clearly, Michael Phelps has helped the Mad Hatter claim the top spot a week after the Opening Ceremonies. With 21 points from one athlete, that's more than 3 other teams have total. It's also clear that drafting Phelps-Lochte-Franklin 1-2-3 was the correct move, even if they have seemingly been over-hyped. Phelps has 21, Lochte 17, and Franklin 16 points. However, it's also clear that they aren't everything, as Team Mark is in 8th and The Cheerios in 4th with the other top scorers. There are still plenty of points to be had! The first track and field points were awarded to The Dream Team with the Gold Medal in the 10000m to Dibaba of Ethiopia. I think The Dream Team had a good strategy and stands to do well over the next week of competition. Watch out for his team moving up the leaderboard. Union Jim captured the Bronze with Cheruyiot from Kenya. He had a big night as well, moving up to second place behind strong performances from the Germany Quad Sculls rowing group taking the Gold and Reese Hoffa from the USA taking the Bronze in the Shot Put.
One big upset affecting future points is the big loss for Fish and Chips of Gold, who will receive no points for Volleyball as the top team of Todd "The Professor" Rogers and Phil Dalhausser lost in the first round of the beach volleyball medal tournament. Sharing her pain is Faster, Higher, Stronger with the Spanish Men's Football team not even advancing out of their group after winning the Euros a month ago and the most recent World Cup. An embarrassing loss for the Spanish side, but a painful one for Faster, Higher, Stronger, who got a bit weaker.
On a completely different note, Dong Dong won the trampoline competition tonight. Yes, that's his name.
This weekend should be fun.
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