NBC Fails

[alexiscartwheel]

Who cuts to commercial in the middle of a live race?!?! Okay, yes, the 800m freestyle is a long race... but it's not that long. They couldn't wait for it to end? ("What? There are no Americans in this race?" Cause the Olympics are all about America winning, yeah? Not about watching some really awesome athletes, whatever country they may come from.)

But yay for Rebecca Adlington, even if they keep cutting away from her world record to show commercials and talk about Michael Phelps. :D

I was reading yesterday about modern pentathlon. They shoot, fence, swim, ride, and run all in one day. A complicated points system determines who gets to start running first, and the person who crosses the finish line first wins the gold. This is all sounds kind of crazy and cool, so I hope they'll show it on TV. Which means they won't. Alas.

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[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

The IOC actually can add or take away sports at each games. I'm not sure how long synchro diving has been around, but I know they did have it in Athens. The brand new sport this year is BMX racing.

The NBC coverage could be great if they would just give us a little bit more variety.