2020 Olympics: Non- Gymnastics Discussion

[MLSWAG]

I’m watching the women’s 1500 free swimming final.

 

[Sparklesmom]

Me too! I love swimming!

 

[makam]

I’m getting too old for this getting up early to watch gymnastics and staying up late to watch swimming stuff…but you don’t see me stopping! (well, okay, probably not getting up for men’s AA so best wishes to the competitors)

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Well, the USA didn’t even medal in the men’s 4x200 meter freestyle relay, so I’m not sure gymnastics was my biggest shocker today.

 

[JDB]

I’m just going to leave this here.

 

[Hatsumomo]

I’m going to ask my Australian friend to send me a few of these.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

The new mixed medley relay event in swimming has such chaotic energy.

 

[MLSWAG]

That sounds intriguing.

Swimming overall has been amazing.

 

[makam]

I’m really liking the indoor volleyball.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Yeah, indoor volleyball is one of the best sports to watch. I loved going to games in college.

 

[makam]

Ooh, I guess there was drama at the pool when the US and British silver and bronze medalists danced around the issue of doping with the not!Russian glod medalist there. I don’t follow swimming close enough to know if Rylov’s win was out of left field or not, but it definitely caused a stir.

Also, nbcs coverage sucks. I just want them to go through showing random sports and all the streams I’ve found (so far) are on the soccer game. Like, where do they compile the track and rowing stuff I missed while sleeping? I’m fine with highlights

 

[MLSWAG]

I’ve had trouble with the streams. Plus, all these highlights shows make me want to see the whole event (which is probably on those webstreams that I am having trouble with).

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Well, I don’t really trust the Russian swimmers either, but I think at this point US might be making excuses for a relatively mediocre showing. Not to mention, I’m also really pissed about Michael Andrew who is unvaccinated and apparently wasn’t wearing a mask during the mixed zone. Honestly, I’m glad he didn’t medal.

 

[JDB]

Ryan Murphy claims his comments were generally about the state of anti-doping measures in swimming and not about Russia. They’re still fairly bold comments since doping is common among American swimmers.

 

[Jack]

Michael Andrew not getting a medal is one of my favorite developments of the games. He’s such an ass.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Yeah, I desperately hope other USA swimmers pass him up in the lead up to 2024.

 

[MLSWAG]

I really admire anyone who is a rower. It looks brutal just in the 1-seaters, but in all the other ones, add to that the have that everybody has to try to be in synch on stroke rate and other issues. I really want to go to a meet someday. My city has a huge one, but transport is always an issue. It’s one of the west’s biggest, and it’s mostly university (varsity and club) plus high school, and rowing clubs.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

I’m tired of human interest stories…

 

[Sparklesmom]

Is he the swimmer who had guilliqn barre and became paralyzed as a child? If so I believe that is likely why he is not vaccinated.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

I don’t think so.