Who is the Athlete?

Now we come to this.. How the hell is equestrian jumping an Olympic sport?

Yeah I read all about how this is a very dangerous sport and their are more deaths per race than in stock-car racing but really any competition where the dude sits on a horse wearing a silly black helmet and corduroys and jumping over some trimmed bushes is not Olympic medal worthy.

More importantly who gets the medal? The jockey or the horse?

If they claim it's the Jockey than how do you explain horse racing where they say the horse is the athlete (see ESPN ranking Secretariat in the top 25 athletes of all time). Maybe the Equestrian Jumping community tries to hedge their bests and award both the medal? Even if this was the case I still would have a major issue with this as an Olympic jar because how the hell does the horse prove its citizenship?

What is next, they bring the dogs to the Olympics to have them run their little obstacle course?

Coolest Olympic moment was surprisingly one that didn't have Michael Phelps or not in a swimming event but when some 321 pound Magnús Ver Magnússon looking weight lifter put 569 pounds over his head to win gold and then broke down in tears. It was awesome to see somebody put that much weight over his head but what got you was when he was presented the gold medal he held it in his right hand and a picture of an young woman in his other. Picture was of his wife who died in a car crash last year.

By the way, saw that the Mets signed pitcher Al Reyes.
How many Reyes' can one team have? Maybe the name is like the Dominican version of Kim.

Is there a better name for the fastest man than Bolt?

Watched the Misty May and Other Chick beach volleyball yesterday, it is amazing with this new scoring how quickly those games finish. I'm not talking about the speed of the serves but about the length of the game. Not saying it is not a real sport but why do other serve and volley games that much longer?
Now I can appreciate any sport where two hot chicks stand around in bikinis but somehow I have to imagine that if you go to one of those matches and sit in the sun waiting for this thing to get started and it's over before you had a 2nd Miller Lite you'd be pissed. I think the gold medal match took all of 25 minutes including breaks and the scores were something like 21-18 and 21-18.