Other Olympic Observations

[spindizzy]

I am an Olympic junkie. Love it all. Love all of the background stories. Fortunately our Canadian broadcasters often have a female sidekick, though not as polished as some of our veteran broadcasters- it's good to see. Our colour commentary usually comes from someone who had participated in some aspect of the sport- and that's a mix of male and female.

Other things I love:

I loved the spontanous singing of old Beatles songs by the crowd yesterday on"Super Saturday."
I love the background music from "Chariots of Fire" being played during the Olympic medal presentations.
(I LOVE that movie!)
I love the choice of anthems the Brits have chosen for each country. They are not tinny, or sound like they've been culled from a cheap rendition '33 found in someone's garage.
Love the small colourful posies being presented to the medal winners. Tasteful.

[lovelygamer]

I am an Olympic junkie. Love it all. Love all of the background stories. Fortunately our Canadian broadcasters often have a female sidekick, though not as polished as some of our veteran broadcasters- it's good to see. Our colour commentary usually comes from someone who had participated in some aspect of the sport- and that's a mix of male and female.

Other things I love:

I loved the spontanous singing of old Beatles songs by the crowd yesterday on"Super Saturday."
I love the background music from "Chariots of Fire" being played during the Olympic medal presentations.
(I LOVE that movie!)
I love the choice of anthems the Brits have chosen for each country. They are not tinny, or sound like they've been culled from a cheap rendition '33 found in someone's garage.
Love the small colourful posies being presented to the medal winners. Tasteful.

I love the posies too, especially when they give them to guys.

Did anyone follow the story of the runner with the cheetah blades? he was amazing. Here are two good links of interest:

http://vimeo.com/31901027?action=share

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympi...6769--oly.html

I saw Murray win tennis gold for his country this past weekend. That was pretty awesome. Also saw Usain win again, nice. I saw some gymnastics, diving and swimming...all good.

Incredible Olympics, although it has had it's fail moments too. They all do.