A Belated Moment for the American Women’s 8

This is what happens when you have a gold medal row.

Mary Whipple Gets Tossed

And that’s why I never wanted to be a coxswain.

Meanwhile, this is what the commentator had to say as these ladies powered towards the finish: “You stand there as a spectator, and you can kind of imagine what it would have been like standing on the shores watching the Viking invasion.”

Really? That is what you have to say?

Oh well.

Love those lady rowers, and love an 8.