Day 8 - The Race for Gold

Day 8 Scoreboard:

Look at that point spread from 1-4!  This will be a crazy race here in Week 2 of the Fantasy Olympic Games.

Rowing:

• US Women's 8 scores Gold for Guanabara Gladiators
• Germany Men's 8 gets a disappointing silver for PiranhaMama

Tennis

• Women Singles concluded with no medals awarded
• PiranhaMama has Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland going for the Gold in doubles on Sunday
• Guanabara Gladiators also has a chance for Men singles Gold with Andy Murray making it to the Gold Medal Match Sunday
• Venus Williams of Brazil Nuts is in the mixed doubles Gold medal match Sunday

Trampoline

• No one picked him but Dong Dong got silver, which is an upset.  Just bringing you guys the important news.

Fencing

• Women's Team Sabre netted a Gold for Fogo de Champion and Sofia Velikaya
• Brazil Nuts claimed a silver from Olga Kharlan of Ukraine
• Mariel Zagunis of the US and Team Leroy took home the Bronze

Cycling

• Team Mark grabbed a Bronze in the crazy Keirin with Anna Meares.  This race is wild with a pace moto-bike that releases the riders for a couple laps. We also watched a wreck happen which damaged the floor, and they seriously patched the hole with duct tape.  Maybe it will at least seal out any algae growth.

Distance/Field/Dec/Hep

• PiranhaMama was FREAKING OUT watching Mo Farah run the 10k.  He cruised through the first 5 or 6 laps in LAST PLACE, then moved up only to be tripped and fell down on the track.  However, Mo got up, won the race, and repeated as Olympic Champion.  Gold.

Sprinting

• The first medals in Sprinting were given out in one of the premiere events - the women's 100m.
• Elaine Thompson, Jamaica of Team Leroy grabbed the Gold and Tori Bowie, US of Brazil Nuts secured the silver
• Brazil Nuts tried to corner the market selecting English Gardner of the US as well, but English did not cast her seeds on fertile soil, finishing seventh.

Swimming is finally over!

If you haven't been paying attention, Michael Phelps is good at swimming.  NBC will probably make sure you know this 159327 times over the next week.  Pretty incredible.

His dad showed up for his final race.

And now Phelps can return home to relax

For everyone who didn't pick a lot of swimmers, or who picked a lot of bum Aussies, it's time to put this portion of the games behind you and focus on the finish

• The women's 50m had Simone Manuel from the US winning silver - that's 30 points overall for a swimmer not drafted by any team.  Cate and Bronte Campbell failed again
• There were a smattering of points across the relays, so here's a final look at Swimming and who drafted the best (And Worst) swimmers.