Murasame said: One of Australia's swimmers, who just qualified for 100m breastroke and is the defending champion got called "fat" a week before the olympics started. She's also one of the first women to go to four olympics in a row. It just makes me so angry that it even came up when it's clear she's fighting fit, and a hell of a lot fitter than people thinner than her. And nobody has pointed out how ridiculously sexist it is? Haven't seen the opening ceremony. Yet. RE: Doctor Who: I've seen video of the noise, and a screen shot of what look like the Doctor and Rose in an innocuous spot.
Rhaegar said: Allow me to take the time to say: FUCK NBC!!!!!! YOU SUCK AT COVERAGE!!!!!
Hong Kong (CNN) -- When Chinese teenager Ye Shiwen dives into the pool on Monday, all eyes will be firmly on the clock to see if she can repeat her world-beating -- Ryan Lochte-beating -- time in the last 50 meters. The 16-year-old is due to swim the heat of the 200 meter individual medley after taking gold in the 400 meter event on Saturday. It wasn't just the win that captured the world's attention, although she did clinch gold after beating American champion Elizabeth Beisel and smashing the world record in 4 minutes 28.43 seconds. The clock also showed that in the last 50 meters Ye swam faster than U.S. swimmer Lochte who won gold in the men's 400-meter individual medley the same night. Ye, who wasn't among the race's favorites, clocked in 28.93 seconds in her final 50 meters of the competition's last 100 meter, freestyle leg, while Lochte went 29.10 seconds in his final 50. ....
shooter_mcgavin said: http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/30/world/asia/olympics-china-ye-shiwen-swimming/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
The Joker said: I guess I'm lucky that the Swedish Olympics coverage is handled by the state-funded SVT, which means zero commercial breaks. This unfortunately won't be the case in 2016 (a shitty commercial media company bought the rights), but at least I'll still have Eurosport as a backup.
Kellios said: Bolded and limed for fucking truth. It's fucking terrible. There's more talk than sports (nothing too... new, but still), the whole bullshit of online streaming only for cable subscribers, and the interviewing of the athletes after their competition. Especially in the case of the American swimming relay and the American women's gymnastics. You're going to interview them after they lose, during an emotional time? Fucking really? And ASK them how they feel? How the fuck do they think they feel? Do you want to be on camera after something like that? Jesus Christ guys, have some fucking tact. Granted, for the gymnastics, the IOC rule of no more than two from each country is bullshit. That poor girl. Reigning world champion and she can't even get to the individual events.
Tristan said: Huh, and here I thought American coverage would be better cuz ya know, numbers and more athletes and such. That's too bad. There's always some stuff you just never see like fencing and hockey and apparently there's a sport called handball? You don't see the throwing events often either. Do they still have Steeplechase? I fucking loved steeplechase.
