The XXVIII Olympiad
The Olympics are coming! Someone tell the Greeks so they can hurry up and finish getting ready.
Now it may come as a surprise to you, but I'm a big old fan of the games.
So the pentalalon has been condensed into 12 hours (instead of over 4 days like it was in Atlanta. The five events are: shooting, fencing, swimming, showjumping (on horses, silly) and running. I just wonder what kind of economic background produces a kid who has talent in those five areas.
Also the kayaking course sounds hard core. They have built a saltwater course. Take that in your eyes competitors! It tastes different.
I'm bracing myself for more one sided American coverage. Although by the time I figure out how to see what events are showing on TV, it'll be time for the winter games. Once again, I feel like I'm the only one left on the planet who doesn't have cable.
Now it may come as a surprise to you, but I'm a big old fan of the games.
So the pentalalon has been condensed into 12 hours (instead of over 4 days like it was in Atlanta. The five events are: shooting, fencing, swimming, showjumping (on horses, silly) and running. I just wonder what kind of economic background produces a kid who has talent in those five areas.
Also the kayaking course sounds hard core. They have built a saltwater course. Take that in your eyes competitors! It tastes different.
I'm bracing myself for more one sided American coverage. Although by the time I figure out how to see what events are showing on TV, it'll be time for the winter games. Once again, I feel like I'm the only one left on the planet who doesn't have cable.
posted by Emma Rose @ 12:23
1 Comments:
At 1:28 PM,
Anonymous said…
if you had cable you could get better coverage on CBC. ckd and I were in Steilacoom during the '96 Olympics and the CBC coverage was much much better than the crap on NBC.
I'm with you, though, I do love the Olympics. The swimming and diving are great (but not synchronized swimming or diving) and the gymnastics is fun to watch (the women's, not the men's). Track and field seems to be too tainted with drug scandals.
How about yoga as an olympic sport? "let's see who can do the downward facing dog for the longest time".
--Helen
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