2008 Summer Olympics-Now that's an Upset

The United States reasserted itself as a dominate fixture in track & field on Thursday night in Bejing. They did this by sweeping the Men's 400m race. LaShawn Merrritt took home the gold by beating out former gold medalist Jeremy Wariner who would settle for Silver in this race and American David Neville took home the Bronze. In a year of miscues (check out the dropped batons with the men's and women's relay teams) this sweep in the 400m brought home some pride to the United States once proud program.

Elsewhere one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history took place on the diamond. The United States Softball team fell to the Japanese side 3-1 in the Gold Medal game. This was the first time the United States team had be defeated since September of 2000 More importantly this upset is like watching dream team 1 go down in flames to team. The Americans will have to settle for silver in what was most likely the last Olympic Softball game.

In other news, the U.S. Women's Beach volleyball team took home the gold in another amazing performance against China. The U.S.A. Women's Basketball team also extended their winning streak and reached the Gold Medal game where they will play the winner of Australia vs. China, currently that looks like it will be Australia.