Misc. Olympics Observations (no spoilers in OP)

Only lasts 9.78 seconds lol.

Our runner DeGrasse has only been running since he was 17. He is 21. His first Olympics and he wins BRONZE! It's an amazing accomplishment for him as most 100 m runners have been years training vs. only 4 years! He is amazing! 

I love how kind Bolt is and so respectful to his competitors. So refreshing. 

Our ladies cycling team team won a bronze today. Congrats to Team GB on their Gold. If I have no Canadians to cheer for in an event, I always cheer on Team GB! 

The 100m is so short when they do an instant replay they show the entire race. Now I turned on the TV and they seem to be showing all 26 miles of a marathon, that is a bit too much.

I'm just glad and relieved that Usain Bolt beat the drug cheat (who still came second, oh well). I wish the Canadian runner who came third had come second instead - or any of the other runners actually. 

I don't mind the marathon, because you get to see some of the sites. It was cool seeing the big Norwegian ship in the pier as they ran around it. (and free advertising for Norwegian!)

I'm just gonna say this, and know many will disagree...I hate golf. Watching it is soooo boring to me. They showed the finals on both NBC AND Golf Network, which meant only about 15 minutes of equestrian and the synchronized swimming got bumped all together. Why not just have the golf final on NBC, and then the bumped sports get shown on Golf Network (or somewhere else?)

And this is not aimed at the Olympics or NBC, but Frontier...whoever you have running the controls for the local spots on the cable channels needs to be fired. 15-20 seconds into the national spots and then you start showing the local commercials. Which then get behind, and end up cutting off 15 seconds at the end of the commercial. I'm probably not explaining that well, I guess you have to watch to understand, but man, it's annoying.

Not control, harmony. 

Can't watch eventing anymore after seeing horses dying. It must be exhilarating to compete at advanced level, but the risk is too high for both horse and rider for me to watch it (I've tried eventing in the past, and it's great fun, but I think the pressure on the horses which perform at that level is not humane).

What was with the Brazilian crowd cheering the gymnast making mistakes on floor. I understand being excited for your country to medal - but I can't recall a time when spectators have actually cheered during an athletes performance for mistakes that benefit another athlete.

I don't think they were cheering the mistakes, I think they were cheering the scores for the Brazilian guy that came up during the routine.

So I am one of those Olympic fans who really just wants to watch swimming, diving, gymnastics, and running, so call me the problem . I get annoyed by all of the beach volleyball, which I do not care about at all.

Our British commentators have commented on the spectators - they don't seem to be familiar with the etiquette of watching specific sports - for example as mentioned above (cheering when others make an error in the gymnastics - very rude!). Another example was in the tennis when they were shouting and cheering whilst competitors were serving.

Chinese gymnast: Every time that tiny girl competed and the commentators mentioned how she struggled due to her lack of power, height, strength, etc. I yelled at the tv, "IT'S BECAUSE SHE'S ONLY 9 YEARS OLD!"

ha ha ha....DH said the same thing but he gave her more credit and said she was 12.

I swear the most overused phrase on NBC coverage is "Still to come". Thank god for DVR because I might blow a gasket if I hear that one more time.

Did y'all see the women 400m race today?

OMG it was a nail biter and the lady from the Bahamas that won, won because she dove across the finish line just beating USA's Felix.

You can see the video here: www.nbcolympics.com/video/bahamas-miller-upsets-felix-400m-gold