Thought I'd start a thread for the Olympics, apologies if there is already an Olympic discussion elsewhere, mods feel free to delete if that is the case.
I've been watching every night, its great to have live events on in prime time.
A couple general comments:
Michael Phelps in particular, and US swimming in general are nasty.
The US women's gymnastics team didn't deserve gold with all their mistakes, but I'm still pissed that China cheated to win the gold and nothing will be done about it (there is a minimum age of 16 for the competition, and there is NO way some of the girls on their team are older than 13-14 max). They have a history of doing this (a girl from 2000 admitted to it) and there are multiple reports out there (NYT, another today on cnnsi.com) that the girls are too young.
Water polo has got to be the most exhausting sport out there, I wouldn't last 30 seconds.
The final medal count is going to be awfully tight between China and the USA.
Anyone else watching?
I've been watching every night, its great to have live events on in prime time.
A couple general comments:
Michael Phelps in particular, and US swimming in general are nasty.
The US women's gymnastics team didn't deserve gold with all their mistakes, but I'm still pissed that China cheated to win the gold and nothing will be done about it (there is a minimum age of 16 for the competition, and there is NO way some of the girls on their team are older than 13-14 max). They have a history of doing this (a girl from 2000 admitted to it) and there are multiple reports out there (NYT, another today on cnnsi.com) that the girls are too young.
Water polo has got to be the most exhausting sport out there, I wouldn't last 30 seconds.
The final medal count is going to be awfully tight between China and the USA.
Anyone else watching?
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