That they just don't grab me like they used to. Sure I'll watch quite a few events but the only ones I really look forward to are the short distance track events, Usain of course and up to 1500 metres So why do I feel like this? Have I changed or have the games turned into some over commercial drug fest and it has lost the plot?
And I am doubly ashamed to state that I have virtually no interest in the Paralympics whatsoever. This is not to say that I don't admire the hard work and dedication put in my the competitors and I wish them all success.
Any one else feel the same?


David

 

Couldn't be worse than being subjected to watching Engerland play

 

Maybe you're asking the wrong question here. If you don't actively participate in any sport yourself, which I'm guessing is the case, why did you find the Olympics remotely interesting before?

 

I play as much sport and as varied a sport as possible.I agree with DL though

The times of the excitement of Coe,Ovett and Cram (and everything else the Olympics offered )are long gone.A non event generally nowadays.I just check the medal count in the paper just to confirm we are indeed the country that is rubbish at everything.lol

 

Is there Morris Dancing maybe this year? Please God,give us a medal

 

I'm guessing you managed to miss the whole of the 2012 games then (despite them being hosted in this country!!!), and the fact that Britain finished third overall in the medal table completely passed you by

 

Just no interest anymore I'm afraid Mark.Simply not the same.Whole thing normally revolves around the 100m.

And I am obsessed with sport.It(the Olympics) has lost its allure completely.No idea why.Just has.Was amazing once

 

I hear what you are saying but don't agree. I enjoyed sport most of my life but now have only one foot working properly so those days are over. No its something else and not because I don't like sport as such. Pathetic nostalgia perhaps as I remember my heroes of old. Bannister, Coe, Ovett, barefoot Zola pushing Decker out of the way and even the moustachioed East German woman shot putters up to their beards in steroids and muscles that make Serena Williams look anorexic


David

 

Well I'm looking fwd Caster Semenya , after being denied all this time

 

And David Rudisha . Hope he's clean

 

Jessica Ennis is still worth a look

I'm still looking forward to it and did enjoy the different sports available in the Paralympics at London

Can't wait for the basketball though

 

Taekwondo. And boxing for me

 

yes, London 2012 was fantastic, I was lucky to go to a few events

and it did seem to energise the whole country

so I suspect a little bit of "rose tinted spectacles" - the harking back to a golden age going on - it is very appealing after all

we all do it - I fondly remember as a child watching the summer Olympics (it was always hot and sunny obviously), Mark Spitz, David Emery, and Daley Thompson

but it does seem a wee bit tainted now with money / drugs / corruption - and not just in the Olympics

leading to a bit of cynicism

 

PS @ David

Yes, agree re the Paralympics - I said during the 2012 something similar

Hopefully my children don't share my views on that - they went to one of the Para Olympic swimming events in London as part of a school trip and really enjoyed it

 

Personally I find the whole bloody thing boring.
Plus, you really don't know who is "clean" and who isn't given the scandals recently

 

Agree, but also don't know why.

Always watched a varied range of events in the past, finding new ones that I enjoyed when I didn't think I would, but not sure I will bother much this time. Odd isn't it?

 

Well I'm looking forward to all of it

I love all the track events, very interested to see al the race outcomes.

 

Is there women's beach volleyball this time?

Homer thought

Volleyball ummmmmm

 

Mountain biking is fun to watch along with boxing and track events

 

Trying to be positive I did watch some of the ceremony and appreciate they had a reduced budget. I think many would have liked to have tipped the President out of a chopper but without a parachute


But the 3 or so hours watching the athletes traipsing around the track has to win a gold medal for the most boring programme on TV. The speeches were just bullsh1t and the save resources and climate change stuff was aimed at the kids. Fair enough but isn't Brazil the country that has chopped down acres of beautiful forest and uses agricultural land to grow crops to produce fuel for gas hungry yank vehicles?


Good luck to the Brits


David

 

Watching the bike race I was surprised to see some pretty nice waves being kicked up but not a single surfer on any of them! Rio beaches are usually packed with surfers so I guess security must have ordered them off.

 

Still not doing it.lol

Tripe

 

Liked the opening ceremony from what I saw . ( Zambia etc cutting down trees even more rapidly )
The bike road race was dangerous !

 

Both men's and women's cycle road race have been thrilling with stunning last kilometre pip at the line wins. Both have been marred by serious injuries in the very tricky and down right dangerous descent to The finish line.

 

The biggest event so far has been Helen Skelton's legs!

 

https://www.facebook.com/topic/Helen...52929778689432

;-)

 

Well I'll see your Helen Skelton legs and raise you Martina Navratilova

D

 

'Fraid you might be wasting your time there!

 

lol

 

I'll see your Martina Navratilova and raise you every female synchronised divers bottom.