Tokyo Olympics: The Thread (OPEN SPOILERS, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!)
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Just as a public service, here's the official schedule with TV broadcast information.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule
I found it a bit large and clunky at the default zoom, but zooming out a few times made it much more manageable.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule
I found it a bit large and clunky at the default zoom, but zooming out a few times made it much more manageable.
One of Laos' flagbearers competes in track and field. Which is a reminder that for, like, ninety percent of these athletes, the "win" is just getting to the Olympics, itself.
It's also a head trip to be reminded, every four years, that the countries are introduced in alphabetical order, but not necessarily the English alphabet, and not in the order of how the US spells these countries names.
It's also a head trip to be reminded, every four years, that the countries are introduced in alphabetical order, but not necessarily the English alphabet, and not in the order of how the US spells these countries names.
Correct way to pluralize Laos (officially Lao Democratic Peoples Republic) not Laos' but... "One of the Lao..." or "One of the Laotian..." The country misnamed by France when they colonized and ruled French Indochina (Lao, Cambodia, Viet Nam). Lao was always the name of the land locked ancient kingdom, not Laos. Simply put, French colonial masters messed up and every one just went along with spelling error to this day. But not the Lao people who do not refer to their country as Laos but Lao (LDPR). I've been there, several times and one of my favorite places on the planet is stunning, magical, ancient capital Luang Prabang.
The Olympics are the best!
Woke up at 3 AM yesterday, started with beach volleyball, continued the morning watching some 3 x 3 basketball action. TV started a live feed from road race event (love this sport it's so interesting, but especially in Olympics, because there are no teams, riders can't really have some pre-race tactics, because there is no team with 9 people like in Tour de France or Giro d'Italia, where every single one has a task what they need to do in the particular race, riders from all over the world form a collaborative with other nations riders during the race, it's just incredible). And ended my day with some fencing, judo, table tennis, tennis, and classic volleyball, where Iran made one of the biggest upsets in volleyball history by beating defending World Champions Poland! Just love it!
I'm already pumped for day 2!
Woke up at 3 AM yesterday, started with beach volleyball, continued the morning watching some 3 x 3 basketball action. TV started a live feed from road race event (love this sport it's so interesting, but especially in Olympics, because there are no teams, riders can't really have some pre-race tactics, because there is no team with 9 people like in Tour de France or Giro d'Italia, where every single one has a task what they need to do in the particular race, riders from all over the world form a collaborative with other nations riders during the race, it's just incredible). And ended my day with some fencing, judo, table tennis, tennis, and classic volleyball, where Iran made one of the biggest upsets in volleyball history by beating defending World Champions Poland! Just love it!
I'm already pumped for day 2!
