1. The U.S. basketball team lost in the first round to Puerto Rico, which is apparently some sort of American colony. This was very humiliating.
2. The American softball team took the gold. Softball is played by women. I have no idea what is happening in the baseball realm.
3. I think I saw something about some tremors or an earthquake of sorts striking Athens. That, or I might have been having flashbacks to The Day After Tomorrow.
4. The newly-sovereign state of Iraq sent a team of soccer players to the games this year, alongside one swimmer. I like to imagine that this waterbound fellow is the ultimate Pixies fan and is known to pump himself up before meets by singing “Ride a tire, down the River Euphrates…” He has not stated for the record, however, his opinion on Trompe Le Monde, though I’m fairly sure he would agree that “Alec Eiffel” is a great track.
5. I miss Greg Louganis. That was a human interest story that I could really wrap my head around.
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5 replies on “A brief summary of the 2004 Olympics thus far, from the perspective of someone who has not been following the Summer Games”
well i have to admit coverage of the games in germany is quite different from that in the us…the national bias is clear… for example, women’s gymnastics was heavily edited (recapped in minutes , men’s vault approaches sped up!), and aired in the wee hours sunday night. however, there is much interest here for ping pong, shooting sports, the trampoline, fencing, among a host of other underdog sports that the german’s excel in or have a particular penchant for. the only interest story was about that british woman who couldn’t finish the race and apparently had an emotional break down…
jp is an olympian god.
wow. you’re following it at the same level i am. except i hear there is some sort of doping scandal.
No coverage of beach volleyball? Maybe you’re waiting until they change the scoring to include points for the player with the most sand in their shorts?
President Bush will be glad to hear that the athletes from his newborn ally, Iraq, have stated to the press that they fully support the Iraqi uprising, and hope their brothers-in-arms throw out all occupying US forces.
Guess CNN didn’t report that one, either.