The Greatness of the Beijing Olympics

I think that the Beijing Olympics was one of the best Olympics ever. I think so probably because it is the one that I watched and paid attention to the most out of all the other ones. I also believe that this was one of the best Olympics because all the records that were broken. Bolt broke Michael Johnson’s record and became the fastest man of all time. I think that this is a great accomplishment. Most of the time, it looks like he is barely even trying to run fast. Just imagine how quick his race times would be if he actually ran his fastest the whole time. Also, Michael Phelps breaking the record for the most medals in an Olympics is also a very great accomplishment. I enjoyed watching gymnastics. I probably did because I am acrobatic myself and can do lots of flips. It is nice seeing the gymnasts in action. I do think that some of the Chinese gymnasts were under the age limit. They looked entirely too young to be in the Olympics. My favorite thing to watch was the United States men’s basketball team. They did a great job in the Olympics and beat their opponents by several points in each game. They did all types of spectacular dunks and made many great plays. Even though many of their good free throw shooters, like Kobe Bryant, struggled from the free throw line, they still did well. In the final minutes of the championship game, Kobe Bryant made a four point play that gave the team momentum to beat the Spanish team. The men won all of their games and won gold medals. The United States women basketball team also did very well, and they won gold medals as well. I also enjoyed diving. I watched the synchronized diving and the individual diving on the springboard and on the platform. The Chinese divers are good at the diving events. I liked watching table tennis. I enjoy playing table tennis myself and it was nice seeing those experts play. Water polo and handball was all right to watch. I watched a little bit of those events. The opening and closing ceremonies were amazing. I think that the opening ceremony was better than the closing ceremony. The activities that they did in the opening ceremony were amazing. They did all of there performances with precision and accuracy. I love the one with the boxes. They had people under the boxes lifting them up and making different images. I like how they made the boxes move and look like a wave. It had to take hours and hours of practice for them to get all of their movement right. I also like when they were doing some form of karate in the opening ceremony. I used to be in karate when I was younger, and I still like to watch it. I also like watching badminton and tennis. I am glad that Roger Federer got a gold in doubles because he has been struggling lately. He is my favorite tennis player, and I would like to see him do well. Those are my thoughts of the Beijing Olympics and why I think that it was one of the best Olympics ever.