Olympic Fever

Max did not want to miss out on the Olympic action, so here he is in his Team USA uniform with his coach, who is also his Dad, Dan Zander. You will notice that unlike the Men's 4x100m relay, he does not have a bib with the team name handwritten in Magic Marker.


Though he was only able to view a few Olympic competitions he is really quite the Olympic fan. The Men's Waterpolo final was by far the most significant, if not boring as whale snot, event Max saw. He really hoped to check out the Gymnastics and the Team Synchronized Swimming competition to see what all the fuss was about on the Spanish costumes. (I think the committee did the Spanish gals a favor by disqualifying those light up suits. Think about the misfortunes if a wardrobe failure were to occur.) Maybe next time...

Originally drawn to the Triple Jump, he ended up excelling in the "Glasses Steal." He really is a natural and when coupled with his days of training and hard work,

In competition...

The final and decisive move that clenched the Gold Medal.


Just realizing that he's done it. After days of thinking about it, Max has the gold medal.


Both exhausted and elated after the finals, Max is mesmerized by the raising of the American flag.


Waiting for his one-on-one with Bob Costas.