All Things Holland

Sorry for dropping off the face of the earth these last few weeks. Class has started for both of us and it's hard to find time. Excuses Excuses. This may be a bit dry. I won't be able to put a picture up of every Olympian for the Dutch, but here is a summary of their Olympics. I'll rehash some wins I've already talked about and try to focus on the new ones. The Netherlands finished the Olympics in 13th place overall with 20 medals total. 6 Gold, 6 Silver, and 8 Bronze. A higher count than Beijing but one less Gold. Still, a good haul for the Dutch, finishing ahead of larger countries like Spain and Brazil. Medals Women's Cycling BMX - Bronze; Laura Smulders Women's Road Race - Gold; Marianne Vos Men's Cycling Track Keirin - Bronze; Teun Mulder                Keirin is a form of sprint cycling where the start is speed controlled. Read this .  Equestrian;       Women's Individual Dressage - Silver; Adelinde Cornelissen       Men's

I decided to wait a few days for the medals to pile up before posting an update. (If this was a blog about USA or China I wouldn't be able to keep up!) The Netherlands won 5 more medals since last I posted. 2 Golds in Swimming and 3 Bronze in other sports. Pushing their total to 8 ranking them 11th overall. Women's 8 Rowing - Bronze. Gold went to USA with Silver to Canada. I found a picture of the Dutch women's rowing team after they won. Looks like they are having fun regardless of getting 3rd. No offense to the lady in the middle but you can almost hear her snort from here. Men's 100kg Judo - Bronze (Henk Grol). Gold went to Russia, Silver to Mongolia and Netherlands tied for Bronze with Germany. Henk Grol. Sounds almost like a name from some Dan Brown novel (pictured below, chiseled). Dutch men aren't ready to be out matched in the tough guy department by the women just yet. Women's 50m and 100m Freestyle (swimming). 50m Freestyle (2 Dutchwomen Medal

The Netherlands won another medal today in a sport that I used to put in my group of Olympic Sports that aren't televised and should be. Then I looked it up on youtube , and maybe there's a reason why it isn't aired a lot.  Judo is evidently not the fist flying craziness I thought. To me it looks more like Tai Chi sped up. Regardless, Edith Bosch (Pictured Here in the White) won a bronze medal in the Women's -70kg Judo. She had won the same medal 4 years ago in Beijing.  Continuing Holland's tradition of Women who can kick your butt.