Olympic... are we missing something as a local viewer..?!

Heard of these events? But never see it in TV....


Narrowed media, limited coverage...




1. BMX















2. Baseball















3. Hockey















4. Water polo















5. Synchronised swimming


6. Sailing

7. ..................?!

Q:

1. Is the place you live keep showing/ broadcasting its own country's event only?

2. What other events do they show if not?

3. How do you rank your tv commenter?

Feel free to leave comment behind..! ^^

(photos fr official Olympic site: http://en.beijing2008.cn/)

a pity..

It's something to look forward, but it's the truth that needed to be revealed...

After all, the greatest enemy of athletes would be..

INJURY


(photo from 法新社)

How long have you been suffered? Were you injured when you broke the WR at that time? How about those beautiful ad you did in tv?

"Just do it", was that really your attitude too...?



One World, One Dream... People will dream of you tonight...

the O opening ceremony...!

One world, One dream:

















One Word: PEOPLE!!!

Personally, I think it's a bit 'leung' and too native Chinese style.. But everyone around me called it great. I like the Athens one better (with such flying technique and artistic concept, water works).


Is this the 日本扮嘢大賽 (仮装大賞 - Kasou Taishou) .... ? ;P


(photos from Boston.com)

pre-Olympic, the torch relay...

The thing that appears in news from now and then, at least for these 100+ days before Olympic, interestingly is the Olympic torch..!

It never received that much focus as far as I could remember, with the speedy instant tv transmission signal technology that even one cable tv channel would be destinated for 24 hours chasing it...

But the most dramatic thing is, people trying hard to steal it, extinguish it, block it....

And it really works, people succeed in getting attention and being on the headline of the news. And countries are trying to play politics with it....

"Not to mix Olympic with Olympic"... Is it really possible..?!

There was a scene in the movie Forrest Gump playing Ping Pong with the China as a reflection of Ping Pong Diplomacy in 1971.... (well, that was not exactly the Olympic game though)

Not to mention the medal tally at the end of the day used to be a kind of show-off to the others....

Surely Teams support Tibet liberation catch the wave and democratic countries also get a chance to play..... But, is it the right time? Do they know their opponent well?

To the other side: People play nasty on you, what is your response?

(photo from http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/）