Do you believe in magic?

I am watching the Olympics and it really is kinda fun. I enjoy rooting for the home team. Something about it brings people together with a common focus. A brief hiatus in the everyday allegiance of conservative vs liberal, prejudice vs tolerant, religious vs agnostic, environmentalist vs capitalist, paper or plastic, mayo or miracle whip!!
Hah! I had to inject an element of silly to get to my two topics, the first one being the comical one. I was watching the rowing races[I can't think of the real name for this sport], and I found myself [unconsciously] physically leaning toward the finish line in an effort to help our team move ahead of the others. And even after correcting this goofy behavior, I found myself doing it again! I had to really control this behavior during the gymnastics[ balancing on the very top[beam] of the couch is pretty tricky!]Sometimes for a laugh, I would say,"I can do that"
On to my other point...

Am I the only one to see that the emperor has no clothes??
Many contests are subjective in scoring and a 6.5 edges out a 6.49 and that's the way it is. But the swimmer who lost the gold because of .08 difference in time...Come on! I do not believe that a second can be separated into one hundred parts. Think about it...Oops! Your second is gone! I think it is bizarre, and yet it is accepted as the rule.
If you can wrap your brain around a contest being decided by a hundredth of a second, then please contact me because I have some land in Florida for sale!