08-07-2016, 04:37 AM
Overall, I'd say a good day for the US and Stanford. While I was disappointed that the MWP didn't win, after an encouraging first half, I have to agree that the coach probably did the right thing in giving experience to the 9 new team members, including the goalie. The game wasn't a required win.
I too get frustrated by the "live" (per their announcers) TV feed 3 hours late. It is frustrating to see the results of an event announced on one channel when it hasn't been carried "live" yet. Yet there were 4 channels of coverage on my cable system, and with 6 channels that my Tivo can record, I got through all I wanted to see (or, rather, all the viewing I'd want to do in a day).
So close for DiRado! She missed the American Record by 0.02.
Good for Hosszu to come back from the previous Olympics to win the women's 400IM (over DiRado). But her 4.79 second margin wasn't unprecedented as the announcers indicated. I think they said "in their memory". In 1992, the men's 1500 was won by 11.8 seconds. In the 1984(no Soviet Union) Olympics that Rowdy swam in, the women's 400IM was won by 9 seconds. In 1980 (65 nation boycott, incl. US), the men's 1500 was won by 16 seconds, while the women's 400 IM was won by 10.5 seconds. In 1976, the women's 400 IM was won by 5.3 seconds. In 1968, the women's 400IM was won by 13.7 seconds, while the men's 1500 was won by 18.4 seconds.Â
It is refreshing to hear well-spoken athletes! I usually expect that of college athletes, as many of the Olympians are. It is such a contrast to so much of what I hear from some pro athletes. I especially thought Ginny Thrasher did a great job in her first interview on TV after she won her gold medal. While I might expect Maya DiRado to have been coached sometime during her college career how to handle an interview, I rather doubt that Thrasher ever contemplated needing that. (I should point out that there have been numerous on-air comments about how composed & confident DiRado has been. She definitely has been.)
I don't follow tennis, but did catch a bit of Venus Williams's loss today. Taking a ~10 minute break in the middle of the match did seem rather poor sportsmanship.
I too get frustrated by the "live" (per their announcers) TV feed 3 hours late. It is frustrating to see the results of an event announced on one channel when it hasn't been carried "live" yet. Yet there were 4 channels of coverage on my cable system, and with 6 channels that my Tivo can record, I got through all I wanted to see (or, rather, all the viewing I'd want to do in a day).
So close for DiRado! She missed the American Record by 0.02.
Good for Hosszu to come back from the previous Olympics to win the women's 400IM (over DiRado). But her 4.79 second margin wasn't unprecedented as the announcers indicated. I think they said "in their memory". In 1992, the men's 1500 was won by 11.8 seconds. In the 1984(no Soviet Union) Olympics that Rowdy swam in, the women's 400IM was won by 9 seconds. In 1980 (65 nation boycott, incl. US), the men's 1500 was won by 16 seconds, while the women's 400 IM was won by 10.5 seconds. In 1976, the women's 400 IM was won by 5.3 seconds. In 1968, the women's 400IM was won by 13.7 seconds, while the men's 1500 was won by 18.4 seconds.Â
It is refreshing to hear well-spoken athletes! I usually expect that of college athletes, as many of the Olympians are. It is such a contrast to so much of what I hear from some pro athletes. I especially thought Ginny Thrasher did a great job in her first interview on TV after she won her gold medal. While I might expect Maya DiRado to have been coached sometime during her college career how to handle an interview, I rather doubt that Thrasher ever contemplated needing that. (I should point out that there have been numerous on-air comments about how composed & confident DiRado has been. She definitely has been.)
I don't follow tennis, but did catch a bit of Venus Williams's loss today. Taking a ~10 minute break in the middle of the match did seem rather poor sportsmanship.