Brendan Hansen … American swimmer … just got third in his semi-final in the 100m breaststroke. (Really, how amazing is that — to be able to breast-stroke the length of a football field in less than a minute.) Anyhow, apparently he\’s been struggling a bit, having posted some disappointing times in some prelims or trials or something failed to qualify for the 200m breast … and the announcer (sorry, haven\’t learned who\’s doing which sport yet) started speculating that it was a calculated \”poker play\” — not showing his best cards yet, saving them for the finals? I dunno, the metaphor\’s kinda lost on me … but still, poker … olympics. Go NBC!
