Disney Movie Summer Games: Daily Update (Aug. 6)

Enjoy today's update on the Olympic Summer Games, brought to you by Disney Family Movies:

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Sunday Summer Games recap for Monday, August 6th from the Disney Family Movies "Play At The Next Level" Sweepstakes: And they're off, and they're done!  Track and Fields (or "athletics," as the host country likes to call it) takes center stage as the Summer Games head into their second week. Team USA Track & Field (on Twitter: @USATrack_Field) took home two bronze medals, with two Floridians running fast, Justin Gatlin (on Twitter: @justingatlin) in the 100 meters and DeeDee Trotter (on Twitter: @Dtrott400m) in the 400 meters, the latter being a former Tennessee Lady Volunteer.

Perhaps the two best track / field stories from Sunday came at two ends of the spectrum: Jamaican runner Usain St. Leo Bolt (on Twitter: @usainbolt), whose own Twitter account proclaims him, "The most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen," lived up to the hype as he got gold and set a new world record in the 100 meters: 9.63 seconds, shaving .06 seconds off his Beijing '08 gold-medal record. And perhaps equally impressive, the South African runner Oscar Pistorious failed to advance to the medal round of the 400 meters, finishing last in his heat and 23rd amongst 25 semi-finalists, with a 46.54 time. Why equally impressive?  Pistorious (on Twitter: @OscarPistorious) is a double-amputee.

Off the track Team G.B.'s Andy Murray (on Twitter: @andy_murray), whose Twitter account declares, "I play tennis," played some darn good tennis in defeating Switzerald's Roger Federer on the home courts of Wimbledon for the gold --  a total reversal of Federer defeating Murray in Wimbledon on July 8th. The Williams Sisters joined The Bryan Brothers in taking home gold for Team USA in doubles tennis! And perhaps most unusually, in men's hammer throw (you can look it up) Kristztian Pars of Hungary won gold for throwing the hammer 80.59 meters. Congratulations to all the Sunday Summer Games athletes as we bring on week two!

Monday, August 6th will bring medal events in shooting, sailing, equestrian and cycling, amongst others, and of course, track and field, including the men's 400 meter final. Go London 2012!

Tip of the mouse ears to: The New York Times, Bleacher Report, CNN

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