Is anyone else annoyed with the olympic medal count?

[Aggie_Ama]

Like... how many people out there might have similar natural gifts, but just haven't had the opportunity to cultivate it because they just didn't have the same resources? It's mind boggling.

Anyway, back to what the OP asked... medal counts are kind of annoying. The media coverage here in general gets on my nerves. Show me less talking and more running/diving/jumping/whatever!

Whereas last night they said Shawn Johnson's family took out a second mortgage on their house more than once to keep her training.

Then they switch to diving where the one girl and her dad moved to be near the good diving center while her mother stayed working in California. It takes a bit of money to maintain two households, I would think but who knows we just maintain one.

I read an article on how much it really costs to raise an Olympian, lots of money goes into to seeing your little darling on the podium of a sport.

[sfa]

Whereas last night they said Shawn Johnson's family took out a second mortgage on their house more than once to keep her training.

Then they switch to diving where the one girl and her dad moved to be near the good diving center while her mother stayed working in California. It takes a bit of money to maintain two households, I would think but who knows we just maintain one.

I read an article on how much it really costs to raise an Olympian, lots of money goes into to seeing your little darling on the podium of a sport.

I wonder about all of the others who made similar sacrifices (money and time and effort) whose kids didn't make it onto the team, let alone the podium.

[malkin]

I like that 33 year old gymnast too.
And Michael Phelps' mom.

But I'm pretty tired of the coverage.