jaded or not

the olympics provides for some cool moments, so far my favourites are:

• the 105 kg class in weightlifting - the german dude lifts 7kg over his personal best to win the gold on his last attempt - his reaction is priceless, even more so because he promised his wife he would win gold at the olympics and then lost her to a car accident shortly there after.
• simon whitfield winning silver in the triathlon - it looked like he was done and rather than giving into the 'i'll settle for fourth demon' (if you race you know this demon) he makes an unbelievable charge and gets silver.
• the men's eights in rowing - these guys know how to put everything on the line and pain be damned.