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Trevor, when I first watched the scene where the exibitionist grabst the runner, I thought. If that guy had a weapon or explosives, everybody nearby would be dead.
That was as serious a breach of security as could be.
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You know what, I'm glad the olympics are over. In times past I've thoroughly enjoyed them. This year they got old and stale and smelled of dead fish in the middle of the second week.
Maybe I'm becoming a curmudgeon, and it is all me and has nothing to do with the coverage. It certainly didn't help that they had good old Al Trautwig, making his usual stupid remarks during Gymnastics. I've really never been so passionate about loathing a commentator so much in my life.
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I got tired of the whole "The Olympics: Brought to you by McDonalds, Adidas, Royal Bank, Coca-Cola, etc." pretty freaking quickly.
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quote:Trevor, when I first watched the scene where the exibitionist grabst the runner, I thought. If that guy had a weapon or explosives, everybody nearby would be dead.
Amazingly enough, at least a couple of the spectators tried to pry the lunatic off the runner. For all they knew, this guy could've had explosives. It was very cool for the spectators to step up like that. Posts: 4116 | Registered: Apr 2002
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I thought he was a crazy out to make some sort of stupid statement. It didn't occur to me until an interview with de Lima where he said he was afraid the man was going to kill him when he first saw him that it might wind up being a life threatening situation. I imagine a number of the people who helped were the same as me.
I wonder, is such naivite a good thing?
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I prefer to believe that the spectators just acted out of instinct, and most of the time, human instincts lean towards decency and kindness. Posts: 4116 | Registered: Apr 2002
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I was also mystified by Al Trautwig. Is his role to be the guy who doesn't know anything and has to have everything explained to him? I guess that can have some benefit for the viewing audience but come on. And I swore I was going to shoot my tv (with a rubber band) if he commented on how someone's Olypmic experience lasted less than 30 seconds. He seemed really fixated on that. Hmmm....
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Quit picking on Tautwig: the dude suffers from severe Memento disorder. Otherwise he could remember more than an "Olympic experience [which] lasted less than 30 seconds".
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Actually it looked like the Italian and the American were going to pass him anyways. There's no way to tell for sure now, but I don't think it actually made a difference. DeLima should still get an extra honorary something though, that was horribly unfair.
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I wish they showed more medal matches of preliminary sports like fencing and judo instead of all these preliminary matches in games like boxng and men's indoor volleyball. Also I was sick of seeing semifinal swimming.
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Fencing was on Bravo most of the time. Then they showed sailing. Judo was on... USA maybe? CNBC was the boxing channel, MSNBC showed a bunch of stuff... weren't you all paying close attention to nbcolympics.com and their very detailed TV schedules?
I remember a couple nights at a friend's house where I was glued to HDTV and heats of swimming. Ah, god-like torsos. Needless to say, I stopped watching after the final swimming medal ceremony. Posts: 3932 | Registered: Sep 1999
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There's no point in speculating about how he would have placed. A marathon, at that point and that level, is more a mental battle than a physical one. You have de Lima's rhythm and momentum totally destroyed and as a consequence the other two were able to come within visual range of him giving them a huge mental boost. There was no question that he wouldn't win at that point. It just seems to be a disservice to all involved to speculate on might have beens; I'm sure the medals have been tarnished for all three runners.
But I am glad he got some sort of recognition above and beyond a medal. Small consolation, maybe, but something.
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There was a LOT more fencing than they showed. Only saber events were aired. Both mens and womens individual gold medal matches and the men's team competition.
There are two other weapons entirely--foil and epee--that weren't shown at ALL.
(and of course the two saber airings were during my fencing classtimes)
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BtL, I agree, and I think that in the long run, Lima's dignity in that situation will be his consolation prize.
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Well I wasn't glued to the TV but when I did watch all I saw was swimming, a little gymnastics, some track, volley ball, and boxing.
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I too am sad to have missed the fencing. I haven't really followed it in recent olympics so I don't know if what happened this time is ordinary or not. I expected france and italy to have a significant advantage, but I was surprised to find China with a very strong contention. It's all good. Go Saber!
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