Araw-gabi naming inaantabayanan ang mga live broadcasts ng Beijing 2008. Tulad noong women's softball semifinals between Japan and Australia, we ran out of beer and food as the game was stretched to 12 innings! Ang galing ng ace pitcher ng Japan, si Ueno Yukiko who had been throwing 300+ pitches in 2 days, and she never failed the team, at all. She's got nerves of adamantium! Japan won, of course!
© Japan Times 2008The final match between the USA and Japan was in order the next day, which was also a "heartbeats game", as C would put it. We also had to flip to another channel to watch the women's football bronze finals match between Japan and Germany! I noticed that our beer food, edamame and fried potato wedges were the perfect complement to the match. Germany won, but the Japanese team performed more than was expected of them in all their matches, not like those over-hyped, puny men's team who were the darlings of the press but were already sent packing home even before the semis!
Back to softball, Yukiko Ueno had been pitching 400+ by this time. Both teams were really good, the USA having the upper hand in their power hitters. Again, the nerves of adamantium delivered! Japan takes home the gold... luhaan kami sa tuwa!
Haay, sarap rin sana if only I could cheer for a Pinay Softball team... sa 2016 naman!
Congratulations sa Philippine Wushu team, for bagging a gold, a silver and 2 bronzes! Aba kahit na demonstration sport ito, it shows that we are strong contenders in Wushu! Bring it on sa next Olympics, 2012!
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