Some Olympic Thoughts

[kitmerlot_1213]

My favorite Olympic moments—thus far :)

1.  I adore Bob Costas.  He is unbelievably suave and completely cool and I’d marry him if he’d have me:):)

2.   I hope for the next Olympics,  NBC remembers the Jordyn Wieber debacle and that they stop choosing one athlete to overhype because when the person fails and doesn’t deliver, they won’t be floundering around, completely unprepared because all of their stories are focused on one girl.

3.  I love that Aly Raisman came along and quietly kicked gymnastic ass and took home three medals, two in the event finals.  Personally I think she should have gotten the bronze in the All Around Competition, but Russia’s Aliya Mustafina was rather awesome too, so it’s all good.  And in your face NBC.

4.  I hope that once Russia’s Viktoria Komova goes home, she’s able to relax and realize that the world didn’t end because she and her team didn’t win gold in the team or all around finals.  She was crying like she’d gotten a cancer diagnosis as opposed to winning a silver. 

5.   Did I mention that I adore Bob Costas? :)

Comments

[iolanthealias.livejournal.com]

This is only marginally related, but I still miss the "six" scores that the good gymnasts would get. If you were good, you'd get a 5.8 or 5.9, and if you weren't as good (because no one who made it to the Olympics could be *bad* at gymnastics) you would get a 5.4 or 5.5 or something.

And the scores would be listed right there on the screen, with the judge's country's flag listed above the score they gave that gymnast. So you could tell who thought they were good and who thought they were not so good.


In the misty depths of my memory, I recall... the East German judge would always screw over the Americans. :)

[kitmerlot1213.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I remember those days as well--that's why the Code of Points had to be instituted in figure skating and gymnastics so that the scores actually reflected the program/performance/routine of the athlete and not the bias of the judges.

But I do sometimes miss the 6.0's :):)