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something else about the olympics
You know who really impresses me? Dara Torres. She's 41, right, and this is her fifth Olympics, not in a row. She missed Atlanta (I believe) and Athens. Girl has otherwise been swimming in the Olympics since Los Angeles. Nine-tenths of the US Olympic team can't remember the LA Olympics (because in many, if not most, cases they had not yet been born).
That right there is impressive. Next to Torres, this Phelps kid seems like not an awful lot more than a flash in the pan. :-P
In other news, I continue not to understand why Australian teams wear green and yellow, colors that have nothing to do with their flag. Or why New Zealand teams wear all black, likewise, although at least that looks cool. :-) (Orange doesn't have a thing to do with the Dutch flag, either, but I get it.)
That right there is impressive. Next to Torres, this Phelps kid seems like not an awful lot more than a flash in the pan. :-P
In other news, I continue not to understand why Australian teams wear green and yellow, colors that have nothing to do with their flag. Or why New Zealand teams wear all black, likewise, although at least that looks cool. :-) (Orange doesn't have a thing to do with the Dutch flag, either, but I get it.)
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Looks like the best guess is that they chose all black to set off the silver fern.
http://www.rugbymuseum.co.nz/asp/container_pages/normal_menu/rmArticle.asp?IDID=143
oh and Dara Torres is awesome!