The Syndicate

I have watched rowing, gymnastics, cycling, handball, fencing, tennis, judo and archery today.

I don't know who I am anymore.

juliets wrote:Gymnastics? Would that be the mens gymnastics on tonight? I hope I haven't missed something with the women.

Not yet. I think the women are today, early in the morning, Rio time.

Swimming is very late at night and the national television doesn't seem to care about reruns, so I'll miss a lot of it. I honestly cannot believe Eurosport dropped or lost this coverage, at least in my country.

Watched more of the same yesterday, meaning women's archery, men's foil, judo, cycling, my parents had the women's gymnastics pretty much the whole time on, plus I have also watched Sweden - Germany in handball and a bit of Croatia - Spain in basketball.

I missed Goddess Ledecky and Djokovic getting rekt, because of the lateness of their events.

Also, I hate to bring this up, but it's been just two days, yet the number of freak accidents is pretty disconcerting, wouldn't you say?

Metalmarsh89 wrote:

Ricochet wrote:Watched more of the same yesterday, meaning women's archery, men's foil, judo, cycling, my parents had the women's gymnastics pretty much the whole time on, plus I have also watched Sweden - Germany in handball and a bit of Croatia - Spain in basketball.

I missed Goddess Ledecky and Djokovic getting rekt, because of the lateness of their events.

Also, I hate to bring this up, but it's been just two days, yet the number of freak accidents is pretty disconcerting, wouldn't you say?

I figure that's normal with the Olympics. On the international stage, some folks push themselves further than they've ever done, and thus further than their bodies can handle.

Is it more prevalent this year?

I have no term of comparison, at least from recollections of previous Olympics. You're basically right, they can all be attributed to utter exertion or that one tactical slip that proves costly, but I find it was more than simple walkovers or technical injuries. At least two of them, in two different sports, were damn freaky.

A little lighter on viewing yesterday, since there weren't too many tennis matches I was interested in and went to see a movie at a local festival. Our handball team is getting butchered, that's nice. Also caught the final stages of the men's team gymnastics and the women's sabre final.