London 2012 Olympics Thread

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So, this Ye Shiwen character. Doping? Not doping? Fair to be suspicious?

Not doping. Not really fair to be suspicious in my opinion. The Chinese Olympic teams did admittedly used to be all over that sh**t but in recent Games they've contented themselves with massive amounts of forced, almost certainly horrific but legal training.

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Just watching USA vs China at the Volleyball. Made me realise what this Olympics has been lacking all along, economic metaphors.

That match was fantastic. Megan Hodge in particular is incredible.

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The British TV coverage is getting completely unbearable...

North America is hardly better:

CTV: Full coverage of the token Canadian guy in every race, excitement when a Canadian doesn't place last or next to last. But they do cover other nations, tbh.

NBC: America is the only country competing, so they only cover Americans. Though unlike Canadians, the Americans actually win something.

If someone had access only to Italian state run TV, he would think the only sport taking place at the Olympics is fencing.

The thing is, fencing is hugely interesting and I greatly enjoyed watching the bronze medal match between the United States and Russia in women's team epee when NBC deigned to show it.