Beijing Olympics 2008 - Day Four

Day four into the games!
So far I've successfully watched (a lot of) swimming, men's and women's artistic gymnastics, a bit of men's and women's synchronised diving, a bit of both men's and women's volleyball, a tad bit of women's handball and just a peek into boxing.
Swimming
Tao Li got 5th in the finals for 100m butterfly. Good job! Getting close!
Phelps is really cool as per usual (I had no idea he was so young, incredible!). Unfortunately, I did not watch the relay where Jason Lezak performed exceptionally well (as I've heard, man, how could I have missed it?! Lezak is about 10 years older than 23-year-old Phelps.). Witnessed Kosuke Kitajima break the World Record for 100m breaststroke (by 0.22 seconds) with a timing of 58.91 seconds on Monday.
Men's Artistic Gym
Real cool :) Just watched it today. Saw one China competitor, Zou Kai, doing floor. He got 15.9 odd for his routine which I thought was really good. Kohei something, gymnast from Japan was also doing floor (15.7 something). Loved the last triple twist thing where the body is straight and you just twist three times in the air. Real good :) I should really go learn the technical terms...
Women's Artistic Gym
The China team was really good. They all look so young and small but actually the smallest looking one there is like 16-years-old. They were all really good. One of them slipped and fell for uneven bars though. As in she slipped off the lower bar and fell. But there was this other girl who was fantastic for vault (China). One difference I noticed (besides the different events both genders participate in) is that women have music for their floor exercise while men don't. Not a very significant observation but well...
Synchronised Diving
Another beautiful event :)
I didn't quite watch the women's synchronised diving so I cannot really comment on it. For men's, China was leading all the way through (or at least I think so because I kinda only watched till the 3rd jump) with divers Lin Yue and Huo Liang who also won Gold in Melbourne's World Championship. China's really good for diving, I don't really know what makes their routine stand out so much from the others in the first jump but they scored high. They are actually really sleek when slicing through the water. Much attention on the 14-year-old diver from Britain in the Men's Synchronised Diving. There are very little splashes in his jumps but the two are not quite as synchronised as the Chinese. Don't quite know what they are looking for though...
Volleyball
Finally, a game which I more or less understand. Didn't really watch the women's match so won't be commenting on that. Egypt vs Poland, still in the first couple of rounds so they might not be the best teams but are still very good. Whoever can get into the games should be good. The spikes are killer! Nice fakes and certain fantastic saves. Poland won I think. I realised that the same fake is used quite often. Someone sets the ball, one player jumps up and pretends to spike, causing the other two defenders on the other side of the net to jump up too and the spiker on this side jumps up a fraction of a second later and smashes the ball right pass their faces. Handy :)
Handball
Something like soccer I'd say, I was pretty much clueless about the rules. All I know was that the goal keeper of this one team got knocked square in the face (forehead actually) during a penalty shot. Ouch, must hurt.
Boxing
They don't fight till they drop. They go by points. Of course, if you knock the other out, you win.