Friday Question, Olympic edition

With the BEIJING OLYMPICS nearing the closing ceremony, ROUTE 1 readers answer the following FRIDAY QUESTION:
"What is your favorite moment from the 2008 Beijing Olympics?"
MARY N.-P. -- It has to be that Jamaican sprinter (Usain Bolt) who whipped the field and started celebrating before the 9-second race was over and even so, he set a world record!
KERSTIN H. -- The opening ceremony and the drummers.
MIKE D. -- When Mike Day won the silver medal in the BMX competition, of course! Actually, it was hearing my ecstatic 6-year-old son cheer on the various U.S. athletes and teams and scream out, "Mom, Dad, U.S.A. just won another gold medal!"
LAURA C. -- Hard to beat (Jason) Lezak winning the medley with (Michael) Phelps screaming his head off on the pool deck... although Bolt pounding his chest in victory even before he crossed the finish of the 100-meter sprint was pretty great, too. But I think my favorite thing (though not a specific moment) about this Olympics is all the older women! A German gymnast at 33... a marathon winner at 38... and a silver-medalist in swimming at 41... Amazing!
ANNIKA H. -- Gymnastics!
BEKAH P. -- The men in their swimming gear.
BRIAN C. -- Favorite moment (thus far): When the interminable women's beach volleyball tournament concluded.
KERI M. -- I have three. The (Canadian men's eight) rowing team winning gold. Getting a text from one of my friends, who told me about the first gold medal via text while I was at Folkfest. The last, would be talking to one of my best friends, who is an Olympic addict.
ERIK H. -- Time had expired with the score 24-24 in Denmark’s handball match with Russia, but the Danes had been award a free throw. From the left side of the court, Mikkel Hansen took the ball and whipped it past the Russian defensive wall (like in soccer). The ball slipped past the goalkeeper into the top-right corner of Russia's goal. Hansen could not see where the ball had gone, but the ecstatic reaction of his teammates told him Denmark had won and would advance to the Olympic quarterfinals.