Channel 4 paralympic coverage
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The stadiums were half empty for the regular olympics so i guess 1 man and his dog will be watching this.
With the amount of people watching the athletics, it feels more like a diamond league event in the middle of nowhere. Pretty decent amount of people at the swimming though.
I saw a medal ceremony for what might have been gymnastics, and there wasn't anyone there that I could see. It was like it was being held in the gymnasium of a local school after everyone had gone home.
I saw a medal ceremony for what might have been gymnastics, and there wasn't anyone there that I could see. It was like it was being held in the gymnasium of a local school after everyone had gone home.
It's very hard to get pumped or anything more than vaguely interested in the Paralympics.
I understand the monumental effort these athletes have put into their training, like one athlete or swimmer who travelled over 4 hours every day just to get to his training place.
But I'm sure, like myself, that everyone has peaked and feels spent from the summer olympics. Watching humans at their very peak of fitness doing things normal mortals like us can only dream of.
I don't wish this to sound insulting or disrespectful, as it's not meant to. But I'm sure many people feel this way, that it's hard to be excited or find anything awesome in people who can't show the limits of human sports achievement.
I understand the monumental effort these athletes have put into their training, like one athlete or swimmer who travelled over 4 hours every day just to get to his training place.
But I'm sure, like myself, that everyone has peaked and feels spent from the summer olympics. Watching humans at their very peak of fitness doing things normal mortals like us can only dream of.
I don't wish this to sound insulting or disrespectful, as it's not meant to. But I'm sure many people feel this way, that it's hard to be excited or find anything awesome in people who can't show the limits of human sports achievement.
I'd be more inclined to watch it if it wasn't for the ackward times the events are on in the UK. I made myself stay up to watch guys like Bolt get the 100M gold. But I just can't bring myself to do it to see some guys in wheelchairs compete.
And yes, I admit that probably sounds like a ****** thing to say, but its honest.
And yes, I admit that probably sounds like a ****** thing to say, but its honest.
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It's pretty decent now. They seemed to have improved timings a lot and cutting the fluff more. The last leg is a good format for actually interviewing the athletes say compared to a 5 second TV shot.
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