Watching swimming makes me jump from my seat and cheer, even though I'm not a swimmer. When Sun Yue of China won that race, he was so happy he started hitting the water and was all like 'YEAHHHH!!!!' Other great swimmers include Ye Shiwen, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Chad le Clos, Missy Franklin, and the 15 year old Lithuanian girl who got gold for an event (forgot her name...)
I also like watching badminton, and I'm really happy that the Canadian women's doubles team (Bruce/Li) got 4th place. It's the first time a Canadian team got that ranking.
Gymnastics is fun to watch. My faves are Gabby Douglas and He Kexin. Canada had its first women's gymnastics team this year and one of the athletes is from my city. When we watched the men's floor exercise and Kohei Uchida was up, my mom was complaining about his hair
I watched rowing in Beijing 2008 live, but I still like watching at home because it's less crowded and you don't have to watch your every step in case your foot knocks down someone's cup of beer.
I'm glad the United States got the silver medal. But I want them to be 1st place though..
What's yours?