Olympics

[scottydog]

Is anyone watching the Olympics? It's entertaining as usual, and this year's is especially challenging given how hard Tokyo has been hit by COVID. A lot of athletes flew all the way there, only to test positive and become ineligible to compete.

[Lupine]

The only time I watched the Olympics was during the ice skating competitions in 1994- and only because I was wondering if a fight was going to break out.

[scottydog]

The only time I watched the Olympics was during the ice skating competitions in 1994- and only because I was wondering if a fight was going to break out.

Oh that's right -- the weird Nancy Kerrigan saga

[Lupine]

Some of the current athletes are complaining about the stress, but poor Nancy Kerrigan went through a nearly career ending physical assault, then had to perform next to the woman who orchestrated the assault, and then had to endue a public backlash.

[scottydog]

True. But it did get you to watch the Olympics that year. No doubt it was all a ploy to attract ratings

[RJDiogenes]

I did kind of the same thing. I went for Nancy Kerrigan, but I stayed for Surya Bonaly.

Some of the current athletes are complaining about the stress

Understandable. The Olympics failed to provide safe spaces and trigger warnings.

[scottydog]

I did kind of the same thing. I went for Nancy Kerrigan, but I stayed for Surya Bonaly.

Surya does look like some delicious chocolate

[scottydog]

The Simone Biles comeback story is pretty big in this Olympics.

[Lupine]

^And she ended up getting the bronze.
Which I'm sure her critics will make hay out of.

[RJDiogenes]

It seems like every story I see about the Olympics is about somebody withdrawing, or being disqualified, or protesting, or being outed as a terrorist, or seeking asylum, or complaining about uniforms being too long, or complaining about uniforms being too short, or being investigated, or whatever. Is there any actual sports going on?

[scottydog]

Yes, plenty of sports are happening, but the media focuses on the petty human drama between events. It's mesmerizing

[scottydog]

^And she ended up getting the bronze.
Which I'm sure her critics will make hay out of.

Alas, there will always be haters

It seems like every story I see about the Olympics is about somebody withdrawing, or being disqualified, or protesting, or being outed as a terrorist, or seeking asylum, or complaining about uniforms being too long, or complaining about uniforms being too short, or being investigated, or whatever. Is there any actual sports going on?

Yes, plenty of sports are happening, but the media focuses on the petty human drama between events. It's mesmerizing and I'm riveted

[scottydog]

Now it's the Winter Olympics. It's a very strange Olympics, with the main stories centering on all the COVID precautions, lack of audience at the events, China's terrible human rights record, etc.

[RJDiogenes]

Strange days indeed. I'm surprised China doesn't require people to attend.