USA Swimming Leads Dynamos Charge

The third day of Fantasy Olympic competition belonged to Da Nang Dynamos, who pulled within seven points of first behind four medals from the USA Swimming team and one from Mexico diving.  Team USA took gold  in both the men's and women's 100 meter backstroke.

By winning the women's backstroke finals only 14 minutes after her semifinal heat, Missy Franklin became the first 17-year-old Colorado high school student in 13 years to gain worldwide fame in under 30 minutes.

Despite the Dynamos' big day, Golden Girls held onto first place when the Chinese diving and weightlifting teams each won their second gold medal of the Games.  "Consider it one-eighth of a Women's 58kg Weightlifting gold medal for every team in the Fantasy Olympics," said Golden Girls manager Theresa Yerger as she briefly looked up from a copy of Quotations from Chairman Mao.

Farther down in the standings, Los Cornballers continued to languish in last place despite a Pyrrhic victory gained when their manager Ellis Kunka successfully challenged the scoring in men's team gymnastics. Japan wound up with a silver medal, meaning Los Cornballers now only trail by 61.1 points.  Kunka was reportedly inspired by the time John Russell was thrown out of a Pirates-Brewers game in August 2008.

STANDINGS THROUGH MONDAY, JULY 30

1.  Theresa Yerger, Golden Girls
70.2 Points
Fencing 22.5 (1G, 2S, 1B)
Shooting 18.4 (2G, 1S, 1B)
Weightlifting 16.7 (2G, 1S)
Diving 12.6 (2G)

2.  John Binz, Da Nang Dynamos
63.8 Points
Swimming 42.6 (4G, 5S, 3B)
Archery 15.6 (1G, 1B)
Diving 3.1 (1S)
Fencing 2.5 (1B)

3.  Christina Binz, Zurich Zebras
41.2 Points
Weightlifting 15.1 (1G, 1B)
Archery 12.5 (1G)
Judo 7.1 (1G)
Fencing 5 (1S)
Swimming 1.5 (1B)

4.  Brian Schwartz, The Jim Thorpes
36.5 Points
Swimming 13.2 (1G, 2S, 1B)
Judo 16.1 (1G, 2S, 1B)
Diving 4.7 (1S, 1B)
Fencing 2.5 (1B)

T-5.  Craig Emmert, Craig's Team
29.3 Points
Swimming 11.8 (2G)
Shooting 6.6 (2S)
Gymnastics 5.6 (1G)
Judo 3.6 (2B)
Weightlifting 1.7 (1B)

T-5.  Lucas Tanglen, Postmodern Pentathlon
29.3 Points
Judo 8.9 (1G, 1B)
Shooting 6.7 (1G)
Archery 6.3 (1S)
Swimming 6 (4B)
Gymnastics 1.4 (1B)

7.  Dave Spence, Paragons
19.5 Points
Shooting 6.7 (1G)
Archery 6.3 (1S)
Judo 3.6 (1S)
Swimming 2.9 (1S)

8.  Ellis Kunka, Los Cornballers
9.1 Points
Cycling 2.8 (1S)
Gymnastics 2.8 (1S)
Judo 1.8 (1B)
Shooting 1.7 (1B)