Celebs were out at Derby Day in Australia on Monday. The race according to wikipedia (and we all know that’s the end all/be all for definitions) is a “race for three-year-old horses, it is raced on a left-handed turf course at a distance of 2500 metres (1.553 miles). It marks the beginning of Melbourne Cup Week with Victoria Derby Day traditionally held on the Saturday prior to Melbourne Cup Day, which is the first Tuesday in November every year.”

Or, in other words, it’s another way for celebs to come out (like Jenna Elfman pictured above) and pretend to like sports.

Carson Kressley was also at the event, but he was too shy to be photographed.

Image credit: splashnewsonline.com.

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The Chinese rower made an oops of medal-losing proportions: He showed up at the third race (instead of his scheduled one, the second race) in singles. Missing the singles heat also nixed his chances at doubles.

Any guesses as to how many F-bombs his would-be partner dropped?

The good news is that the faux pas still puts China in gold medal contention for Biggest Understatement of the Beijing Olympics thanks to Wei Di, China’s director of water sports programs, who concluded: “This shows we still have some problems in team organization.”

Um . . .  yeah. Something like that.

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