Silver Lining

And so it came to pass, Kenny Egan fighting agains the Chinese boxer for a gold medal and at worst a silver. He was up against a good boxer and the 3 judges so it wasn't going to be easy for the Dublin star to win in this arena and in this far flung corner of the world.
Needless to say the Chinese lad won, 14 points to 7 or something like that. Can't remember his name and even if I did probably couldn't spell it anyway.
Many said that the judges were in favour of the local lad, and that he was given points for shots that didn't connect as real scores.
But I suppose the Chinease would say that it was bast for their lad to win,'for the good of the country'.
If the judges didn't score in favour of the Chinese boxer, then who knows but they might have been taken away for a little while for some smart 're edcuation' in some dark hole down some side street in a forgotten part of town.
Still fair play to Eagen and the other two Irish boxers Barnes and Sutherland who brought home bronze medals. Gave us something to shout about.
It was also an oppourtunity to d ust down the old open topped double decker bus and give them a free ride from the airport.
And so we'll have to wait another 4 years to the games in London in 2012, where we should once again make hay with our boxers.As for then athletes and the horses, we live in hope.