***Official Olympics Discussion***

[Rabbuk]

Anyone else tired of the constant human interest pieces and switching of sports in the middle of events?

 

[cyrevkah]

Anyone else tired of the constant human interest pieces and switching of sports in the middle of events?

I like the stories, but not in the middle of events. Since it is all delayed anyway I wish they would show it altogether. But then they couldn't string you along the whole night.

 

[longtimeclone]

Anyone else tired of the constant human interest pieces and switching of sports in the middle of events?

I actually liked the one about the rower getting last.

Edit: here is the story and this is part of what I think the olympics should be about.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/niger-rower-hamadou-djibo-issaka-known-as-the-sculling-sloth-has-last-row-at-olympics/2012/08/03/6f365fd2-dd49-11e1-8ad1-909913931f71_story.html

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

This is an interesting factoid, not super surprising since the primetime coverage is just a clip show of how US athletes did that day, still interesting to me.

NBCmetrics: Through Wednesday, South Korea Had 14 Medals, And NBC Had Never Mentioned It In Primetime

I wouldn't show em either!

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

I actually liked the one about the rower getting last.

Relate to him the best, probs.

 

[Gonzo]

Anyone else tired of the constant human interest pieces and switching of sports in the middle of events?

Yes. Totally sucks that they stretched the gymnastics last night until almost 10:30. One of my young daughters wanted to see Gabby win it, we were letting them stay up, but she was wiped and fell asleep before it ended. Not NBC's problem, just kind of blows that the marquis event of the entire summer games, which started at 8 on time delay already, couldn't have just been aired straight through.

 

[3TrueFans]

There are other countries?

Not if you watch NBC.

 

[3TrueFans]

Nevermind, NBC can't even get the live stuff right.

NBC Sports's Broadcast Of Olympic Soccer Cuts To Commercial Right Before A Critical Goal

 

[CLONECONES]

SPOILASSSSSSSS

Instead of seeing the Japanese team score a goal in the 72nd minute to go up 2-0 against the Brazilians, viewers were treated to commercials for some new **** Wolf show and a bicycle store in Jacksonville, Fla.

lol nice work nbc

 

[3TrueFans]

Found this on Reddit, supposedly a gif of a Gold Medal vault by the Soviet gymnast who held the medal record Phelps just broke. Amazing how far things have come.

Totally stuck the landing though.

 

[cowgirl836]

Found this on Reddit, supposedly a gif of a Gold Medal vault by the Soviet gymnast who held the medal record Phelps just broke. Amazing how far things have come.

Totally stuck the landing though.

shoot, I could have been an Olympic champion in the 60's. I love how she even has a spotter.

Yeah comparing that to Maroney's vault on Tuesday............worlds different!

 

[CLONECONES]

MICHAEL PHELPS ISN'T AS GUD AS THAT WOMAN DOING AN AWKWARD FLIP OVER THE VAULT.

not sure how these people agree w that

 

[jdoggivjc]

Reading Lisa Uhl's profile on NBC Olympics site:

Getting to know Lisa Uhl

• Qualified in the 10,000m at Trials despite stopping to tie shoe in race.

:swoon:

 

[VeloClone]

Reading Lisa Uhl's profile on NBC Olympics site:
:swoon:

Yeah, a good friend of hers in the race told her to stop and take care of it as she went to the front and slowed down the race.

EDIT: Check this out - http://www.letsrun.com/2012/women10-0622.php

 

[Max57]

Lisa Uhl is running right now. I want to watch online. Any ideas without going through NBC Online?

 

[3TrueFans]

***SUPER DUPER SPOILERS AHEAD***
***SUPER DUPER SPOILERS AHEAD***
***SUPER DUPER SPOILERS AHEAD***
***SUPER DUPER SPOILERS AHEAD***



























Phelps wins another gold in the 100m butterfly, what he said was his last individual swim ever.

 

[Hawkeye11en1]

Wow way to ruin it for me.

 

[3TrueFans]

Wow way to ruin it for me.

I said super duper spoilers, in bold text even with asterisks, what more could I have done?

 

[VeloClone]

I said super duper spoilers, in bold text even with asterisks, what more could I have done?

Type in white text so everyone has to highlight it to read it.


:spinny:

 

[longtimeclone]

I said super duper spoilers, in bold text even with asterisks, what more could I have done?

Made the text larger. :tongue: