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Medal Update - Golden Dutchwoman + 3 Bronze

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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 Medaled) Gold - Ranomi of the Netherlands, Silver - Belarus, Bronze - Marleen Veldhuis of the Netherlands. 100m Freestyle Gold - Netherlands, Silver - Belarus, and Bronze - China. Now the main reason for this post. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (amazing name) completed her sweep of Freestyle sprints at the Olympics. Could she be labeled the 'fastest women in the water'? Maybe. Here is a picture of Ranomi.
And now you're thinking, she's dutch? Turns out her father is from Suriname and her grandparents are of Indonesian descent. Continuing the stereotype of Holland being a melting pot of many different cultures. Here's an article about her extending the Dutch tradition of swimming gold. Also, here's the widipedia page on Ranomi. Seems she had some issue with recovering from a bad virus in early 2010 but recovered and obviously maintained her dominance.

Sadly all of the Dutch Beach volleyball teams are now out of the tournament in the round of 16. One group being ousted by Misty May and Kerri Walsh.
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