most heart-wrenching olympic moment

liu xiang of china, the defending 110-meter hurdle olympic champion, pulls out of the event due to an achilles tendon injury.  his withdrawal from the race reduces *chinese fans to tears. 

read the rest of the story here. 

 * “….reduces all fans to tears.”

favorite olympic moment

mom:  “who is that?”

me: “who?  tyson gay?  he’s our best american sprinter.”

mom: “he looks like someone else.  that one character in the movie.”

me: “who?  what movie?”

mom:  “uhhhhmmm .. . who is it. . . .oh!  robert downey in that new movie.”

me: “what?! robert downey, jr. in tropic thunder?  you’re crazy.”

or is she?

 

you be the judge.