Beijing Olympics day 9

Another late night, so here are the highlights.
-Misty May and Kerri Walsh are headed to the gold medal final of beach volleyball, 108th straight win.

-American's went 1-2-3 in the 400 meter hurdles, mens. Taylor, Clement, and Jackson.
-China won their fifth gold in men's gymnastics.
-Nastia Liukin got jyped in the uneven bar finals. Her score tied with one of the Chinese girls. The way they break ties is screwy so Nastia ended up with the silver when her routine was the better one.

-Women's softball won again, they totally dominate.

Jennie Finch

-U.S. women won gold in rowing eights with coxwain, and they sung when the national anthem was played.
-Venus and Serena Williams got doubles gold in tennis; after not making it in singles.
-U.S. woman got silver in pole vaulting.
-U.S. woman, Brown Trafton got gold in discus throw.

Stephanie Brown Trafton

At the end of the broadcast Bob Costas apologized for the olympics being on so late into the night. I guess they have been getting a lot of complaints because with the time difference the events are going late into the night and into the morning when they show it on TV. They interviewed some people in NYC about whether they stayed up for the olympics. I guess a lot of people are showing up to work more tired than usual. One girl said she stayed up to see the finals of the gymnastics. NBC offered some tips to help people cope with the late nights.

1. Stay hydrated.
2. Wear sunglasses to cover the red eyes.
3. Tell yourself you only need four hours of sleep.
4. Listen to the same music Michael Phelps does on his iPod.
5. Skip work. Olympics like this only come along once in a lifetime.

Ha ha NBC.