I was really disapointed when Day 1 of competition was summed up, in the introduction of a BBC review show, with the phrase "and todays main story: No Medal for Mark Cavendish"
Are you kidding me?!
On a day where the outcome of one of the medals depended on a competitor hitting bullseye with his final arrow and a day where 5 athletes broke Olympic records, the MAIN story is about an athlete who finished 29th in his event... I think that's a sad state of affairs.
I thought the interview with the winning athlete, Alexandr Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, was also disgraceful. Claire Balding (I think) asked him 3 questions, 2 of which were directly related to Mark Cavendish not winning the race. The highlight of the blokes career and he has to pretend to care about one of his rivals who'd already stolen all the lime-light in the build-up to the race. I think the BBC could have shown a little more class.
I have to confess that I didn't get to see too much of the action as I spent most of the day out of the house. I intend to watch the catch-up shows every evening and as many live events as possible for the remainder of the games and fully expect to enjoy some dramatic, historic moments.
Here's hoping.....
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