<p>They play in Glasgow, and someone might have decided to pay homage to the local Celtic soccer club. That, or RL had a hand in it.</p>
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<p>What’s wrong with those bright and beautiful red and white colors? They looks a lot better than the dark black suits and berets that make the entire US team look faceless and dull.</p>
<p>I feel like it is wrong somehow to be able to use different swimmers in the relay heats than you do in the medal swim.</p>
<p>I know it is within the rules, but I don’t like it.</p>
<p>I wonder if the prelim swimmers will get medals, or only the ones in the final?</p>
<p>Michael Phelps didn’t even get bronze just now!</p>
<p>"…wonder if the prelim swimmers will get medals, or only the ones in the final?"</p>
<p>Yup, they will. It is a team effort.</p>
<p>Congrats to Ryan Lochte on the gold! The power he generated in that race was impressive.</p>
<p>** Spoiler **</p>
<p>Ryan 400IM Gold, Michael 4th</p>
<p>Natalie Coughlin and Amanda Weir swam this morning and will receive the same medal as the four swimming the finals. More swimmers get medals in this system and more get to qualify as Olympians.</p>
<p>Speaking of the USA Olympic swim team… Enjoy!</p>
<p>[Call</a> Me Maybe - 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team - YouTube](<a href=“Call Me Maybe - 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team - YouTube”>Call Me Maybe - 2012 USA Olympic Swimming Team - YouTube)</p>
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<p>What a cute video, BB! Thanks for sharing that.</p>
<p>Indeed, 1 Gold four more to go for Lochte! Sweet!</p>
<p>BB, I saw that but not enough Lochte :o so it was just so-so for me.</p>
<p>Argh! I forgot there was a spoiler alert! Well, baseball is out the window today. I’m taping swimming!</p>
<p>Don’t understand why NBC wouldn’t have gone live with the Phelps/Lochte race. They’ve repeated some events and drug out others to kill time, would’ve been nice to have gone with the headliners live.</p>
<p>Love the ‘Call Me Maybe’ video, BB! Thanks for posting. Olympic competition has become such big business, it’s nice to see the athletes having fun! I was told Phelps was involved but I missed him.</p>
<p>Glad you liked the video! Mr B and I looked it up on YouTube and watched it several times after seeing it on the local news (courtesy of KING5). There are 2 local kids in the video - one will be swimming 100 free and the other will be competing in the 200 IM. Go Nathan and Ari!</p>
<p>Phelps was at the beginning of the video, by the aisle seat, bobbing his head, sporting a beard and wearing sunglasses.</p>
<p>^Yup, that was him!</p>
<p>Oooohhh… Did Brendan Hansen make the finals in the 100 br?</p>
<p>I thought we were going to be able to see the events live.</p>
<p>The swimming finals are playing out and we are watvhing the prelims. What the heck?</p>
<p>Can’t Americans watch it live on the BBC sport website? Or does that only work for Brits?</p>
<p>I was talking tv. Did not think of the web.</p>
<p>Though I am not in the States, I am overseas…and I get the “I’m sorry, we can’t show this content in your area” message.</p>