International Storylines...

2 things... one being all the different international backgrounds deeply intertwined throughout some Olympic teams. A huge number of other countries Olympic athletes are best friends, teammates and classmates at Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Stanford, etc. It's great that the US team is loaded with other ethnic backgrounds. Our gymnastic champion was born in Moscow... these things are cool.

The other not being so cool and that's how the competing teams are so social with their competitors. I guarantee Mary Lou and Nadia weren't bullshitting between events with Russia. Times have changed... the prior for the better and the latter for worse, although as a human... I think it's great. As a competitor... I think it's disgusting. Maybe it would be better to say that every step towards world peace is step away from competition. At the end of the day I know the changing times are a good thing.