olympic thoughts

This is some of my thoughts from the Olympics. It's not going to be a rant... I hope.

Using Paris as the stadium was brilliant.

The athletes were brilliant.

I didn't watch much swimming. It seems to be the same people in different events, fighting for an extra fraction of a second. All the action is under water where I can't see it.

I like track and field where I can see and understand the challenge.

I watched a few minutes of a women's rugby game. A player ran up the field and it was beautiful. Somewhere between poetry in motion and the magnificence of the human machine in action. Apart from those few memorable moments I have no idea what the game was about.

I watched some of the women's marathon. The Vision was mostly of women's backsides. Nothing wrong with that but it lacked the beauty of that one rugby runner.

The marathon commentator was intelligent.

He had all the names, facts, history etc that seems to be essential. He also had thoughts on running shoes. Designed to be so light that they wear out before they wear in. And the emphasis on heel technology is useful only for the heel-strike runner.

This bike rider who has just quit Australia to ride for GB: So who has the right to complain? Just before the Sydney Olympics Australia was rushing citizenship formalities so that foreign athletes could become "Australian" on time to play for Australia.

break dancing: if they want it to be seen as a serious sport, they first have to rationalise, or explain, the scoring system.

Boxing -- and other sports Decide as soon as possible, what is a man? what is a woman? Or define new categories for competition.

And the Commonwealth Games: I fully support them and hope that they continue. As a gathering of countries for competition that does not involve killing people.

For those who say that Comm games are low quality... let the "better" countries help the others to improve. Bring up every country's standards -- and win friends without paying for their wars.

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