Everything but the kitchen synch

Lets see... results results results. The US was 4th in Women's 3 meter Synchro, 5th in Women's 10 meter synchro, 4th in Men's 10 meter synchro, and 4th again in men's 3 meter synchro. In three out of the four events that have happened thusfar, we were so close - within 5 points of a medal. Five points... let me put that into perspective. Five points, when you multiply by the degree of difficulty, take out highs and lows, and do all the other stuff that gets you from the judge's one-to-ten scores to the actual point total, means that if three of seven judges had scored one dive 1/2 point higher (7.5, 7.5, 7.5 instead of 7, 7, 7) we would have medaled. That's how close. Ouch!

Now there's a break, and then the individual lists. A friend of mine asked me yesterday who to watch during the rest of the diving, and after going through the list event by event "Well... you should definitely watch Women's Platform. Laura's great - she won gold in Sydney! But then... Troy in Men's 3 meter is really good and has a great shot of medaling... And so do Nancilea and Christina... And wow, David and Thomas are both really great at Men's platform..." I realized that I can't leave anyone out - US has talented, excellent divers in every event. Nearly each of the 8 divers who have yet to compete has it in them to medal. That's not saying they will... everyone probably has it in them to get nervous and mess up as well... But everyone is good enough to have a shot at it. I'm still not sure if I'll be able to watch my event - Women's 3m - without getting upset, but I am excited for our chances.