Doing a little alumni fanboy geeking as I saw today that Cal will be sending forty-four athletes to the Beijing Olympics representing fifteen different countries.  That’s just the latest count from 89 students and alums reported to be vying for spots on various teams around the world.  Best potential for a blue and gold sweep might be in Men’s Swimming, where Golden Bears will swim for the USA, Estonia, Brazil, Israel, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland, The Phillipines, and Thailand.  Sure would be nice to see an all-Cal final in some event, or at least a Cal trifecta in some race. 

Cal, under various different flags, took fifteen medals at the Athens games and would have been ranked eighteenth among the nations competing.