Now, I like watching a lot of Olympic events, but I haven’t really been super pumped about anything except for track and field. Unfortunately, we got schooled in the women’s 100M and the marathon, but in the events that many people aren’t paying attention to (those that take place inside of the track) we’re not doing too poorly…
Stephanie Brown Trafton, 28, was the first American to win the gold in discuss since 1932, and according to NBC, we should feel super lucky — we haven’t had anyone advance to the discus finals since 1984. Her throw of 64.74M (207 feet!!) was executed on her first of 6 throws…yeah, try following that act.
“Someone told me that I was coming to the Bird’s Nest to lay a golden egg,” Brown Trafton said. “That’s what I tried to do.”
Jenn Stuczynski, 25, pole vaulted her way to a silver medal in Beijing. Stuczynski broke the US Women’s record in the event at 16″ 3/4″ at the Adidas Track Classic in May. In Beijing, she cleared 4.80M (15′ 3/4″), close but no cigar to beat Russian competitor and world record holder Elena Isinbaeva who cleared 5.05M (16′ 1/2″)
