Bye bye Beijing

This is the last one on the Olympic Games:

1) At the end of the games, South Korea has 13 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals, which is good for the 7th place in the medal count (considering gold medals first). North Korea has 2, 1 and 3 and it ended in the 33th place. Together, they would have 15/11/11, what would be good enough for the 6th place.

2) Korea got a lot more medals than Japan (9/6/10). And Dokdo is our land!

3) Miracles happen! Korea won the baseball gold medal against Cuba by the score of 3x2. Seoung Yeop Lee once again came through in the clutch with a 2 run homer in the first inning. I guess that's the sign of a true elite athlete. The guy has been struggling all season and had been awful before the medal round in the Olympic Games as well. Two games, two decisive homeruns. I guess we can call that clutch.

4) Taekwondo: four South Korean athletes and four golds. I watched almost all of their matches and - well - I couldn't tell the difference between the winner and the loser. Nothing interesting like a knockout or an ippon. Basically the athletes scream a lot trying to indicate they've hit their opponent and it's up to the judges to tell who actually hit who.

5) Adios, Beijing. See you all in London 2012 (Gosh, I'll be 4 years older by then).