What is the story behind the weightlifting guy? I had no clue who he was, and the commentators didn't say anything about him other than, "And that's a picture of his deceased wife."
I had no clue either. I don't really follow weightlifting. I first heard of him the morning of the Olympic finals when the newscastor mentioned his name and that he could win a medal that day
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Clearly I've been watching the wrong sport. If you call two innings of a baseball game, bits and pieces of various beach volleyball matches, and a couple of glimpses of rowing actual 'watching'.
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Women's wrestling? OMGYES. Now improved with faux-biting.
Men's water polo? SILLIEST SPORT EVER. A bunch of guys flailing around a pool with a ball. I keep waiting for them to start up with the 'Marco' and the 'Polo'.
Having said all that, I'm not so much about the summer games. I grew up gushing over the gorgeousness that is figure skating. Give me a toe loop and a triple Lutz over silly guys flailing any day (even though I can barely stand up on skates). I do like the rowing, though. And did I mention the women's wrestling?
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Women's wrestling? OMGYES. Now improved with faux-biting.
Men's water polo? SILLIEST SPORT EVER. A bunch of guys flailing around a pool with a ball. I keep waiting for them to start up with the 'Marco' and the 'Polo'.
Having said all that, I'm not so much about the summer games. I grew up gushing over the gorgeousness that is figure skating. Give me a toe loop and a triple Lutz over silly guys flailing any day (even though I can barely stand up on skates). I do like the rowing, though. And did I mention the women's wrestling?
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a) Watching men's Olympic diving.
"Ah yes," I thought to myself. "Canada won a medal in the men's diving, didn't they?"
Then I read on. Speedos - hee!
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The speedos may be responsible for an unhealthy proportion of my love for the event :-)
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