I wanted to share a video with you. It is from the NBC Channel 5 that is produced out of Medford, Oregon, about 30 miles from my house. The producer, Craig Smullen, put in a lot ...
I have been back almost a week now and feel pretty good about my jet lag. I still wake up around 6 AM, but it is great, I have been getting so much more done in my day. ...
I have been gone a long time and cannot wait to be home. Yesterday my friend Mike invited me to a game of Badminton. Asians are crazy about the sport, we actually had to reserve a court time ...
Well we left Bohol, basically tropical island paradise for Manila, which is a crazy city. You can get anything at any time here, I can see why my brother and Mike are living here, they live like kings for ...
I have been negligent in writing, especially since I had such a following for the Olympics. Holy smokes, I never thought that many people would be following my blog. I am lucky.
Matt was given a really great draw this evening after weighing in. The brackets have been posted online and are available here: http://www.themat.com/specialevents/2008/olympics/brackets/FS74.htm The Russian, American, and Cuban-his toughest competition- are all on the bottom side ...
I have been receiving an unbelievable amount of emails and notes from people, some who I have not heard from in quite a while (and some emails from people I don't I even know, like one guy named Mac?).
...HAS A GOLD MEDAL! Yesterday Carol Hunh became Canada's first Olympic Champ in women's wrestling when she won at 48 kg (105.5 lbs.), and then Tonya Verbeek won her 2nd Olympic medal, a bronze at 55 kgs. (121 lbs.). ...
Wow, I never thought that coming to the olympics would be such a Stanford reunion. I've been able to meet up with quite a few friends from Stanford on the opposite side of the world. It is pretty ...
I discovered that a phonetic pronunciation of my last name means 'Healthy Hammer' in Mandarin, something that I think is somewhat fitting for my sport!
After the opening ceremonies, our entire team and support staff moved out of the village to ...
These are just a few pics. i’ll put more up either at www.mattgentry.com if I can figure that out or at www.flickr.com/photos/mattgentry . Check out both sites if you haven’t!
Our team before we head into the Opening Ceremonies:
Wow, what can I say? It is difficult to capture in words the feeling of walking into a packed Olympic Stadium as an athlete. It was more than I had imagined and I'm sure something I will always ...
This is one of the motto's for the XXIX Olympiad (29th Olympics). It is pretty cool. Being inside the Olympic Village for 2 days now surrounded by athletes from nearly every country in the world ...
I can't believe it is already Thursday (for me). I had a very busy last couple days getting errands and preparing for my trip. I was/am ready. It is pretty exciting.
Stanford has a section for the Olympic Games as 47 athletes will be competing in Beijing from Stanford. They did a Q & A that is now online. You can check it out here.
Wow! It looks like Mike let the cat out of the bag. I am now 26, a whole year older. My body sure feels like I'm 46 though, I'm fairly sore considering this is only a medium/light week ...
Today is Matt's 26th birthday and I just want to allow his followers to leave a nice little note for him on his blog. He really does read all the comments we leave for him and he greatly appreciates ...
