I think you need 'new' sports to keep the interest up for youngster, something to aim for.
I mourn the loss of the tug of war.
Olympics 2021 (nee 2020)
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Outside the major events like cycling, and athletics ever since London 2012 Beach volley ball been my fav - yet regular volley ball I've never been able to get into
For us here in the UK when it was in London every event was covered on our main terrestrial TV channel, surprisingly they done the same for Rio but this year I've never seen them list more than 2 events to watch at any one timegazuty wrote: ↑Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:00 pmI wonder about the general level of enthusiasm for the Olympics.
Like some other things, when I was younger I really looked forward to the Olympics. My first memory is 1980 Moscow, the dancing at the opening ceremony and the tear on the bear at the end. Perhaps my biggest Olympic "thirll" was watching Debbie Flintoff King win the hurdles in 88 at Seoul - watching on a TV with a crowd of others at Uni and the girl next to me (complete stranger) just pashing me when the result became clear.
Perhaps the time zone is too unfriendly for those in Europe/UK. Clearly organisers have scheduled events for the US tv audience (swimming finals in the morning) so probably not many of you got up to watch Adam Peatty.
I've been using Now TV, they've got around a dozen channels so are covering just about event as far as I've seen, but think the lack of major TV coverage, timing and the pandemic have pushed it down the priority list for many.
Maybe once the cycling and track and field begin it'll get a little better
Funny you should mention Seoul, those where the first ones I really remember with all the controversy over Johnsons steroid use after that 100m final against Lewis
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Most interesting thing about that race for me was that Carl Lewis himself should have been serving a ban for failing a drugs test during the US trials. So the rightful winner should have been Linford Christie... who also tested for anabolic steroids later in his career. The 4th place finisher was also a doper so at least half that field were drugs cheats which is probably why that race was christened the dirtiest race in history.
I never even knew about those additional outliers, it was only ever Johnson that stuck in my head.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:08 pm
Most interesting thing about that race for me was that Carl Lewis himself should have been serving a ban for failing a drugs test during the US trials. So the rightful winner should have been Linford Christie... who also tested for anabolic steroids later in his career. The 4th place finisher was also a doper so at least half that field were drugs cheats which is probably why that race was christened the dirtiest race in history.
But I have heard it called the 'Dirtiest Race in History' now I know why!
That's the title of the book - https://www.amazon.com.au/Dirtiest-Race ... 1408158760
Thing that sticks out to me, the Australian commentator, Bruce McAvaney, after Johnson had crossed the line immeadiately uttered the prescient phrase "that's a great time if its legal" (ok, it was about wind assistance - but still ....)
Just caught the 4 x 400m mixed final which is another new event this year, after watching the mixed Triathlon last night i'm actually quite liking these events, not sure why they've never been added earlier.
Not sure if it was the same rules in last night triathlon but the track relay allows for the teams to pick the orders so from a tactical pov they could be quite interesting going forwards
Not sure if it was the same rules in last night triathlon but the track relay allows for the teams to pick the orders so from a tactical pov they could be quite interesting going forwards
Women's 100m final starting going into their blocks just in the final few mins of the Goodwood start so had to pause it and just watched it now
What a race, a new OR (Fl-Jo's record survives another day) and a Jam 1,2,3!
It was a shame Dina didn't qualify and her interview earlier on why and what happened with an injury 5 weeks ago was quite remarkable to listen to
What a race, a new OR (Fl-Jo's record survives another day) and a Jam 1,2,3!
It was a shame Dina didn't qualify and her interview earlier on why and what happened with an injury 5 weeks ago was quite remarkable to listen to