my new fav female runner.

You mean "squeamish," I think. A "squemish" is a crustacean of the genus squema.

I never knew track athletes were so squemish and proper.

No ham, watch out I hear they have been trying to clean up their act but I hear they serve dog and cat. I did see a report that they are trying their best to hid this fact from their soon to arrive tourists from the West.

The point becoming clear here that a seemingly silly little thing (call it manners, whatever) like forgetting that people might not want to watch you eating while you're talking about yourself can distract from what you are saying and from the fact that you really are quite a remarkable athlete and maybe a person we all can admire. The ham took on a life of its own and ended up overshadowing Jenny. Basic courtesy does matter, and more so when you reach the point where you have a wide audience and, as an Olympic athlete, you represent an entire country and form the basis for other people's opinions of us. And perhaps more important, can you even get good ham in Beijing?

I ham, I said to no on there. And no one heard at all not even the chair. I ham, I cried, I ham, said I
And I ham lost, and I can't even say why
Leavin' me lonely still

~ Neil Diamond

I ham what I ham and that's all that I ham.

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth

` The Old Testament of The Bible.

I think therefore I ham.

-Groucho Marx

I do not like green eggs and ham, I do not like them Sam I am.

~ Dr. Seuss

Nothing helps scenery like ham and eggs.
-Mark Twain

Frankly, I resent anyone who eats ham, on camera or not.

Ah, Coward, if only you knew . . .

jenny's awesome. leave her alone manners, or why don't you race her in beijing.

in that case...jenny your the and give me a piece of that ham.

Oh Dear Manners Maven, why is it always those who hide under the cloak of propriety are always the rudest? Hmm makes one wonder. Wipe the smirk off your face please.

Steve Steve, Steve -- you clearly haven't yet learned that you ARE what you eat, and how you eat it, and when you eat it, and how you display it while you're chewing it while talking on camera. And you, Anonymous Coward, the fact that many people behave like pigs does not make it less piggy. And get the spinach out of your teeth and wipe your chin.

People are more interested in the piece of ham than what she is saying...sweet!

I guess all of you never talk to people on cell phones who are eating or don't talk at dinner? Get over it.

Go, Jenny, go! Go Buffs!

Nice interview and interesting to hear her strategy.